Derek sighed with irritation when his phone began to ring. He pulled it out and flipped it open listening for a few moment. "Has anyone ever told you that you have horrendous timing? As for your aide, perhaps I should call back and show him what yelling really is. I was quite civil. Apparently there have been some disturbing changes in Jane over the last few weeks. Kristin, Nick and Philip headed out there to look into it and I thought you might be interested in what was going on."
<actually, the mental ward comment was in a completely private conversation with Julia and he wasn't on the phone at the time.> - - - - - - Sloan sighed. "Alright Derek, but for heaven's sake keep a close eye on your team. If you weren't an old friend and the best precept I've got, I would have some choice words for you. Keep me posted. One more thing, Derek," he added with seriousness, "if they get in trouble, you had better be on the next plane to Boston. I have to go now, I'm trying to rescue artifacts from Afghanistan. These people aren't too amenable to Legacy charms, so I've had to hire some specialists. Take care." <I know when the mental ward comment was made. I just thought it would be humorous to have some junior staffer scared silly by Derek chewing him out. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor here?> <Technical aside: tapping a security camera feed would generate a huge increase in network traffic that CAN'T be hidden. That's how Sloan knows what's going on. No Intrusion Detection System in Boston would have been tripped, but London can monitor raw network traffic. Give me a little leeway, please, I'm doing my best not to muck the story up. ;) >
