"And yet you're the consort that led me to discover this in the first place. So I thank you." He smiled, audials twitching when her fingers tickled lightly against his thigh. Thankfully, the discussion was able to help ground him, and kept him from talking in unintelligible grunts.

"...Ah. Besides. Your function does not determine your intelligence...or creativity. But you have a point. Until I can talk to others to learn more, there is not much else to discuss."

It probably wasn't wise at all to discuss such a sensitive situation with someone outside his Intelligence staff, but he couldn't bring himself to cut her off completely since she had triggered the discovery.

"I would appreciate it if you kept it quiet for now, of course. Until I figure out who all was behind all this, I would rather they not get word that we suspect them."