"She must have thought I needed it." Or it was what you got when you partook in driving a man to suicide. No, scratch that; Cadogan wasn't going on vacation. Admittedly, Cadogan probably didn't actually know what a vacation was. "Which I do, so she's not wrong."

Her eyes twinkle. "From my experience of semi-dating more than one Spade, the established protocol is just to inform Clive or Katya that you're going off-Deck." She pulls a serious face. "You'll be back when you're back. Have I got it right?" She asked, beaming at him again before she shrugged.

"Better get it in now," she added. "Even when the Deck's not going crazy, it seems like there's always something else to do."