"I think so," she says, after a moment where her heart hurts too much for her to speak without giving it away.

"I think he'll be safe. For one thing, they don't have anything on him like the kind of leverage they've got on you. And after everything that happened in D.C., there would a riot if they tried to force him. I think he'll be okay."

The gentle gust of her sigh ruffles a few strands of his hair. "Not that Ross won't be on his back. But maybe it'll provoke public disapproval of the Accords, once people see what they really mean."