Weird Job Referral
Beatrice new how on-edge Nicolai was as they watched the limited news coverage of the Latverian invasion of Symkaria again. There was no evidence of massive casualties, but then there wasn't evidence of much, and that just added to how infuriating the situation was.

Eventually, "If you don't mind the non sequitur, I recently met -- under admittedly weird circumstances -- a couple of operatives available for work."