Victoria's still only halfway through her own drink. She swirls it lightly in her glass, studying the ripple and flow of the liquid.

"Superiors? Well, considering I'm the one in charge there—no, I can't say I'm all that pleased, and I'm not too proud to admit that the whole affair could have gone better." Oh Tobias, she thinks, you're going to have to try harder than that if you want to get under my skin. "That being said, my own ... dissolution does not equate with that of the Foundation. And really, I take exception to 'dodgy'." Her eyes widen as if Tobias has made some kind of rude noise in refined company.