Anyway, Olga’s more used to thinking in terms of managing their jaunt allocation and avoiding exposure and arrest hazards than worrying about Brill—who is usually sensible—hatching a rogue operation. I have no idea what Brill was thinking: charitably, she was distracted by worry about Huw and his toy—” “So Brill fast-talked Olga into doing something risky with inadequate back-up? And Olga nodded it through because she was busy and took her eye off the ball? And nobody else—” his expression said it all—“even noticed?”
