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Elvin could read guys like Dr. Tommy in a minute, the kind went through life scared and became sneaky. === They showed utter contempt of the law but expected the system to be fair, which to them meant lenient. === Convicts, they’d sit around talking about jobs, banks they’d held up, argue about how to blow a safe. Now you got inmates instead of cons and these guys are crazy. All they think about is getting dope and getting laid, looking to see who they can turn. === “What you have to learn is how to ride the rap, do your own time, but get salty quick as you can. You’re in the population you don’t have to be good-looking, you’re a new punk coming in and that’ll get you elected.” === “Dermatologist.” He raised a finger to his cheekbone. “Those brown spots you have right here should be looked at.” “You’re looking at ’em, aren’t you?”