LD: [REDACTED] 2


                                            Interlude 2

                                            “Told you.”

                                            >“Don't rub it in.”

                                            “I was still right.”

                                            >“That’s trivial right now.”

                                            “Is some acknowledgement too much to ask from you?”

                                            >“You were right. Are you satisfied?”

                                            “Not really, but I’m not going to look a gift horse-”

                                            >“Ahem.”

                                            “-pony in the mouth.”

                                            >“Why didn’t you tell us she would have so much access to information?”

                                            “I didn’t know.”

                                            >“Is that so?”

                                            “I. Did. Not. Know. Most of this is as new to me as it is to you.”

                                            >“We were relying on your information, and it’s only now that you tell us that your information wasn’t complete?”

                                            “I’m doing all that I can. I get nothing from this plan if it fails.”

                                            >“If this ends in disaster, you are going to get worse than nothing. We have too much invested in this for it to fall through. I have too much invested in this.”