( judging by how easily the answer was brought up, this plan was clearly a long time in the making. she'd thought this over before. and he'd be willing to bet there were more details forthcoming, with a hard number of people behind it. )

You'd be making yourself an easy target for a lot of people's frustrations. But, ( taking a hand away from his knee, he brushes a stray piece of lint from his side, in a fashion that couldn't help but call attention to the gun -- issued to him by the transport police -- only semi-concealed beneath a flap in his belt. before it elicits any reaction analogous to 'good god i fucked up', he breaks out into a grin. ) you could do worse than to have the backing of a Transport investigator under wraps, correct?