’ Brenda breezed by me from behind, giving me a mild slap on the back of the head as she passed. An older woman who had seen senior consultants like...myself come and go … as often as I’ve seen interns come and go, Brenda was a rare find. Unlike some older secretaries, she had remained current with technology and seemed to enjoy the pace of change in our office. And Brenda always kept me on my toes. Brenda handed Sara a cup of coffee and set another one on her regular coaster next to her. "But I insist on your full cooperation for what I do want of her." I don't understand." I do not intend to detail every one of my plans to you. I grow weary of explaining myself. Suffice it to say that she is needed to assist in convincing others to act in a manner more conducive to my efforts." The Harbingers?" Ah, good, you know of them."Penny nodded. "I was told to disrupt them where I can." Hmm. Not doing a very good job, are you?" There is only so much I can do, Victor! I can't watch them. " What makes you say that?" I asked, obviously not putting two-and-two together quite yet."They're of Andrea."I was pulling on a pair of jeans and just stood there looking at her."Andrea? On Simon's phone?" Yes." And these were explicit?" Naked ones of her, shots of them having sex, several of her giving him oral sex, several of him doing it to her. Yes." Mmm. Well, it looks like we'll need to talk about this," I said, rather stating the obvious, I suppose."Well, of course. What is it we're. Early training was not entirely wasted. To a larger degree it was having an example, even if she was fictitious. Frau Doktor was Lars’ term. In my own mind, she was Dr. Richards. The result was the same. She was above petty annoyances. She could listen to the worst sort of crudity, without reacting, but never miss a word. Real life examples like Sheila and Christine were helpful, but neither would do well in politics. As Gerald said, soft handling of fools was not one of Sheila’s talents..