... "Another method to use is to play GM for an expansion team coming into the league and try to list the player who you would most likely want to have on your backline as your number one defender. In this case, you'd have to decide if you want an offensive defenseman- like Sweeny -a stay-at-home type, like you, Vic; a special-teams specialist or a two-way guy." Smirking over the top of the magazine, he gives Marc a considering glance. "That'd be Marc, I guess."

Peering over the edge of whatever tome he was reading now, Vic smirked right back at Crishec, one of their back-up goalies. "What are you reading, Behind The Net? You should know by now that defensemen have to be -extremely- flexible... After all, one never knows when one will be called upon to...score." A few seconds later, after having pretended to go back to his book, he looked straight up into Marc's eyes.

Marc missed whatever it was that had prompted Victor to speak, and he missed the first part of whatever it was his friend had said, but the rest of his statement had him utterly spellbound. The unmistakable wickedness glittering in his dark daze was enough to make Marc cough and look away, for fear that his incipient laughter would give everything away...