Joby mused on the conversation all the way back to her office. The worst thing about it was that Glazer was right: she couldn’t touch him. He played no politics, made no mistakes. He was always on the side of the Agency, and there was no way to fault him. But I will weather this storm, she knew. I’ll eliminate Alain, solve the Leonean puzzle, and even overcome whatever obstacles that sodomizing little bastard can throw against me. Joby Karns is a survivor; nothing is going to change that! * * * * DaPaz’s house looked dark as Alain approached it cautiously. Perhaps the doctor had chosen to go out somewhere tonight. Perhaps he’d taken Alain’s advice after all and fled the planet. Or perhaps he’d been dragged bodily away by Dekker and the boys from InterSec, and was even now being grilled