“But all our things are in the hotel room!” Kai said. “All the clothes we bought—” “How many did you buy?” Kai tried to meet her gaze, but his eyes wandered down to his coffee cup. “I was just setting up several possible identities, in case we needed to move among different circles of society,” he said, unconvincingly. Irene patted his hand. “Don’t worry. In that case, they’ll be sure we’ll return, and you’ll have tied up some of their resources.”
