I was feeling a little shocked by how well we were handling this significant shift in our process, but I went with it. “Yes, please tell us your terms, and we will then tell you if we feel we can proceed in good faith.” I needed to maintain appearances that I was the one running the on the ground show so that our various cover stories stayed intact.
Aaran was our muscle, the one who kept us safe and who was, according to Boone’s portrait, the one most underestimated because of his physique. Adaire was the brains of the operation, the silent one who did the research and record-keeping. Beattie was the book expert, forgery detector and forgery creator. And I was the team leader, tasked with keeping us all on track as well as consulting on my own specialty in folklore. Aaran also specialized
