"That's rather more what I would have expected out of him." She didn't care, particularly, for the former Ace of Spades; he made it difficult for most people to care for him. But he always struck her as the type to work clean. "You should just develop your own code, really. I was lucky; just moved all my own files into my office and continue ruling over my little fiefdom of public relations.

She waved a waiter closer and picked up a glass of wine. "Well, it makes sense, when you think about it," she said. "He was Athena's man, and I grew up with her, Ethan. She was always one with plots and plans. If you work with that long enough..." You start to see them everywhere.