«I look Rufus in the eye and I offer him cash. Rufus says it happens he is having a particularly bad month owing to some poor financial investments in the field of canine athletics. I help out with this shortfall.»
– Titanium Noir (Nicholas Cornwell) https://bookshop.org/ebooks/quotes/b18b6529-c0ff-4ed3-8fac-49b4dbbaeeae
Another fun bit. I’m used to accepting bizarre stuff in sci-fi/cyberpunk, which this sort of is, so it took me a few seconds to realize what this was.