Someone who reads the news on television? [He looks for any recognition of the concept.] Ah, you might not have television yet. A newscaster is basically a journalist, who... tells people about the day's news 'on stage' instead of by writing things in a newspaper. I'm not one anymore, but I used to be.

But yes, they are doing just that. I didn't have a lick of experience with thieving six months ago and I just cleared out an entire hotel's worth of room safes with one of the newest recruits as my assistant.

[There's a simple pride to his words, despite how casually he utters them.]

But you're right about one thing: training's a joke. Mandatory, unfortunately, but I learned honestly very little during my week of it compared to everything I learned from my fellows when I finally went out in the field.

Oh, I'm Steven Durante, by the way. [He holds out his hand to shake.]