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.”