[There's a soft noise of acknowledgement when Trevor says at odds with his mother's wishes.]

The topic of the day, it seems.

[And why wouldn't it be? This is all for her sake.]

You will need to be his eyes and ears for the machinations of others, more than you are presently. I do not doubt that those beyond our borders will conspire should my absence drag on for more than a month or so. You already spirited that Speaker in and out with great skill to derive information from her.

[Congratulations Trevor, you're head of the royal intelligence agency.]