The line of his cut accounts for both of our sizes. Good. That's one amateur mistake averted, one that I've seen the others make at times. Part of the difficulty that comes with these roles is fording responsibility for more than oneself. We're all partners, and in that sense, we have to work in tandem. Damian still hasn't learned that lesson fully, as becomes apparent whenever the two of us disagree and come to blows, but he is learning, and that's encouraging in of itself.

"Although it may take longer, I want the both of us to search within earshot of one another," I tell him. "If Cohen's here, he's had more time to settle into the building and knows its layout better than the two of us. There's no evidence to show that he's particularly skilled in a fight, but he also operates as a man with nothing to lose."