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She listens closely, and then nods and starts talking, quietly businesslike, informative, and still somehow a little intense.

It's not quite like talking business with Andrew; talking to Andrew always has many emotional levels. For one thing, she distinctly does not love the gentleman to whom she is talking beyond all reason. She barely knows him, by her usual standards. But there's something about his voice and attitude and carriage when they discuss things that makes it easier to trust him than she would otherwise. If she was feeling much less upset and much more self analytical, she'd try to figure out family resemblances and how much was psychosomatic, as it were. But she is, in fact, more angry than introspective.

"The junior senators of Florida and West Virginia seem to hang on his every word, and echoed his 'concerns' as much as they were willing to stand and raise their voices. The senior senator from California seemed to be more vaguely on his periphery, like he really didn't have anything to do with the whole business -- there was something in the way he stood when I saw him that made him seem a little confused and nervous -- but like he's apparently intrigued by what important points he's making." She snorts. "Meaning that in all likelihood, he's probably just as worthless, but a coward, too."