She had a reputation for going off script, she'd just play that up, say it was what she intuited he needed. That wasn't far off. She petted him for a while, then sighed softly. "If I'm going to pull that off, we'll need to get back."

She licked her lips. She was going to have to report what she'd learned, but she wasn't sure how or when she wanted to do that. The only person she really trusted wasn't around to bounce plans off.