11-24-2013, 11:47 AM
Reed crossed her arms. She wasn't too interested in talking about personal liberties. Reed wasn't the one that made the calls about government spying on high profile individuals. Those kinds of calls came from much higher up. Jon needed to take his arguments higher than a single agent. But she could listen to him get it off his chest.
Jon was still poised to do something, but Reed wasn't going to goad him into a demonstration. Still, frustration simmered parasitically beneath porcelain skin. She kicked a nod toward Trano who needed to remain quiet. Mommy and Daddy were talking. "Nick has unprecedented access to the Ascendancy. Remember he's in the Custody Press Corps? You know, the entire reason he's in Moscow at all? He is the only one we have who can track the things Ace can do. Soldiers put their life on the line every day for their country, he's not exempt from doing the same just because he dashed in and out of navy service without a scratch on him. But if you'd rather Trano stay at your side while the Ascendancy squashes the first sembalance of CCD rebellion in twenty-years, then by all means, the US government is willing to accomodate Jon Little Bird's desires." Her lips turned a hard frown.
"And what's all this hostility toward me?" She stepped in closer to Trano. They were a team, a wall through which Jon would have to scale if he were to get his way. Arms crossed, sidelong glance at Nick, it was almost as if she were going to defend him rather than point out that he deserved the share of Jon's blame. "Trano here isn't the innocent little lamb in digging into your secrets as you think. He knew you two were being recorded. It doesn't bother you that a world-famous reporter was involved in video recording your 'personal secrets'?" At least she held government secrets; she'd no sooner betray Jon to the public as she would any clandestine affair. Trano, meanwhile was far more likely to break the news that civil rights lawyer Jon Little Bird could hurl plates around the room with his mind.
She shot Trano a shrug. Sorry buddy. She was on his side, but fair was only fair. Besides, Jon had the 'right' to full-disclosure as to what was going on. If their 'friendship' was compromised by it, well then Jon wasn't worthy of Trano's allegiance.
Jon was still poised to do something, but Reed wasn't going to goad him into a demonstration. Still, frustration simmered parasitically beneath porcelain skin. She kicked a nod toward Trano who needed to remain quiet. Mommy and Daddy were talking. "Nick has unprecedented access to the Ascendancy. Remember he's in the Custody Press Corps? You know, the entire reason he's in Moscow at all? He is the only one we have who can track the things Ace can do. Soldiers put their life on the line every day for their country, he's not exempt from doing the same just because he dashed in and out of navy service without a scratch on him. But if you'd rather Trano stay at your side while the Ascendancy squashes the first sembalance of CCD rebellion in twenty-years, then by all means, the US government is willing to accomodate Jon Little Bird's desires." Her lips turned a hard frown.
"And what's all this hostility toward me?" She stepped in closer to Trano. They were a team, a wall through which Jon would have to scale if he were to get his way. Arms crossed, sidelong glance at Nick, it was almost as if she were going to defend him rather than point out that he deserved the share of Jon's blame. "Trano here isn't the innocent little lamb in digging into your secrets as you think. He knew you two were being recorded. It doesn't bother you that a world-famous reporter was involved in video recording your 'personal secrets'?" At least she held government secrets; she'd no sooner betray Jon to the public as she would any clandestine affair. Trano, meanwhile was far more likely to break the news that civil rights lawyer Jon Little Bird could hurl plates around the room with his mind.
She shot Trano a shrug. Sorry buddy. She was on his side, but fair was only fair. Besides, Jon had the 'right' to full-disclosure as to what was going on. If their 'friendship' was compromised by it, well then Jon wasn't worthy of Trano's allegiance.