Humanity's Shadow

[Reeves]

It would be simple to pull a few strings and have Cryer occupied with dealing with a scandal or two, but there was no need to jump the gun without much of a reason just yet, she'd answered the most important question to him and as such there was no need to deploy a team and forcefully bring an end to someone's work as of now.

From experience, I'm more than certain Cryer will resort to whatever it feels necessary to push along its own agenda, as such I'm more than prepared to give you armed protection and accommodations aboard a mobile safe-house that my Agency keeps for purposes such as this. You've done the right thing by coming to me, in fact you've been braver than most people would in this scenario. You'll be safe to continue development of this technology alongside us. I'll stay true to my word and ensure it goes public, however I must urge for the sake of public safety that the more defence-related features be restricted to authorized personnel only. These are things we'll engineer along with you of course, I simply don't want a terrorist cell coming upon this and entitling themselves to use a gift for all the wrong reasons. Least of all to hurt my home or the people in it.

He didn't feel as if there was much left to be said, but just to be safe and fully informed of anything they might forget during a conversation he thought it best to ask her for a small favour.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to request you to prepare a concise and elaborate dossier on everything to do with Vergil. How you got involved in its development, Cryer's bad hand in all this, everything. I have friends in some good places who'll do a good job of making sure Cryer can't weasel its way out of this once it hits the media's desks. Moreover, it'll be answer enough to any question I might have later.

Provided she wasn't still sceptical about working alongside the Agency, the meeting was more or less drawing to a close. To him, she seemed a little paranoid, justifiably so, he had no idea if she'd been hunted or not and how long she might have had to spend on the run carrying something this innovative and dangerous. He trusted himself to do the right thing, he could only hope she did as well.

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