Part of him wants to object that obviously Carissa is not the traitor, but that is not how real life works and also it is not how tropes work.

"Understood," Keltham says, wondering why part of his brain just went all queasy... well, no, it's pretty obvious, it's because that's Carissa they're security-reviewing.

But this, too, is not an objection that grownups make, and Keltham does not make it.

"Carissa, do you just give it to Security to run to Acquisitions, do I take it down to Acquisitions."

Part of him wants to object that obviously Carissa is not the traitor, but that is not how real life works and also it is not how tropes work.

"Understood," Keltham says, wondering why part of his brain just went all queasy... well, no, it's pretty obvious, it's because that's Carissa they're security-reviewing.

But this, too, is not an objection that grownups make, and Keltham does not make it.

"Carissa, do you just give the list to Security to run to Acquisitions, do I take it down to Acquisitions."