"And despite that, played with absolute perfection - the only way you could have pulled it off is, impossibly, time travel. In any event, an absolute act of genius."

He kept looking ahead as he spoke, considering the cup in his hand.

"Your lack of sharing the details with me. It did say a lot. About just how trustworthy I am."

It may be an assumption on his part, but it's one he's been thinking about. Fairly constantly. Because, like it or not, she had changed him, in the past few years. Or perhaps it had been a number of things.

"So. This is me, changing things. Thinking ahead. I've started...a new project. One I think you'll approve of. I'm working on finding the next Five."