F-249-Lia: Secretariat Building, Private Dining Room

In response to her ‘lion’s den’ comment he murmurs, “Good,” nodding approval.

Then, “Do not be harsh on yourself.  It is not easy to detect casual attention while you are on the dance floor, and the other interactions I spoke of, I only discovered later.”

He gives her a couple of seconds to process what he’s said.

“My direct answer to your question is that information is my vocation, and in some sense also my avocation.  So I am interested in your attitude to the same.

“I did tell you at the party that no-one would speak to me in case they gave something away in front of me.”