Karla snickered. "Who in Darkness would want to get paid in that? Leaving aside for a moment that I'm prickly and kind of a pain in the ass, honor doesn't put food on the table or clothing on anyone's back."

She frowned. "Besides, wouldn't that just open the whole thing up to corruption and the like? I mean, if I wasn't paying them, they'd have to get money somehow. Bribes, blackmail...even less savory things. That's no way to run a functioning Court."

Sorry for destroying your illusions, Sookie.