I-179-Oliver: Captree Main Orbital, Concourse Café

That gives her pause and she takes some time to consider the question before responding. 

“The answer is ‘no, but’, as in ‘no, that’s not something that I’ve ever heard of’, or even considered, ‘But’, if there was criminal or seditious activity occurring inside the Vizierate, who else would investigate it?  The Wardens are beholden to the Viziers, and the Viziers themselves are a secretive lot-“

As Oliver watches his mother, it’s like watching a light come on as she’s speaking; she interrupts herself.

“Cadmon Usher is a Commissariat Operative, isn’t he?”