"It turns out, in addition to shouting at people, I also understand how fucking deadlines work. That's why I'm in charge, and not my chief engineer, here. We've only got the one heavy; we handle printers and calendars and the odd bit of explosives, usually." Her team's expertise also includes financial fraud and recruiting adorable mothlings, but Sasha's not volunteering to share those skills.

"When you say 'accompany', do you mean on our moth, or on theirs? And who else are you sending? Or who were you planning to send, before we showed up?"