This is easier. He knows how to give intelligence briefings and Bossie knows how to accept them. Their roles are clear.

Carver hums, considering how to play this.

“They don’t like rank,” he says slowly. This part was hard for him. “But Finch is the one they listen to. He’s older. Glasses, cane. White guy. Looks like a librarian. He’s smart, though. Notices patterns, sees the big picture. Reese is his second. Former operator. He’s calm. Focused. Doesn’t startle. Shaw’s an ex Marine but don’t hold it against her. She’s good in a fight. They’re coordinated, well trained.”