"Romac," says Iman shortly, no time to beat around the bush with it, she doesn't know Daine but there's no time for obfuscation, and she seems like a good kid. And she knows Rush, that's as good a sign as any. "We tried to infiltrate them and they took him." She turns her attentions seamlessly to Rush, continuing, "I'll be the judge of what's salient or executable, here. Don't be difficult."

That's his natural state of course, and it's more or less to be expected with what he must be going through, and she bristles at the very thought of it - but if they're depriving him of sleep this could end at any moment.

"Wherever you are," she says, "it's not unreachable. I'm coming to get you out."

Maybe he didn't realize that.