And answers for Lee

Lee clenched his fist, barely hiding his irritation. The agent on the other side of the phone sat quietly, after delivering the news.

"Marcus...I put my best man on that project, one that has been under the radar so far. I may need paperwork for R&D after all...I'm not sure your superiors would enjoy finding out that you had this done under their nose."

<Lee, listen please, we don't need to turn to blackmail here. I still owe you a favor, a big one, but it isn't up to us.>

"You assured me that you could pull some strings."

<Yeah well the last string is in the pod alpha's hand. It's up to them in the end who gets placed where, and with what happened on record it's just not happening.>

Lee took a deep breath. "Fine...I know what you can do to make it up to me. There's something else I need anyway."

Marcus gave an audible sigh of relief. <Okay, Lee...cards are in your hands. What can I get for you?>

"Nothing...but you can get rid of something."