Gauging her reaction? Looking for fear? No doubt. “In fact, you’ve been highly recommended to me. So, now I have a fresh new assignment for you. Here it is, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the game. Now, listen well. You’re to contact the Russian Embassy and offer your services—in secret of course. Find any simple reason. Remember, a simple one—you hate your new boss, lousy salary, some disgruntled employee bit. We screwed you bad, lied to you about your promotion, demoted you instead—after all these years. The bottom line—you want us dead. You’re sick of everything. Of course, you shall command the top value. And when they contact you—it’ll take them a while—you shall ask for a large compensation. You’ve got no experience—right? Something crazy high or no deal, comrades. Remember, top spies don’t work for free. So, you’ll haggle with them. The more you haggle, the more they’ll trust you. You must make sure they take you seriously. Then, we sit and wait. As long as it takes. Eventually, they’llcome back to you. All right? We will feed you with the information and you shall make sure that they get it. Is that clear?”