[ The tone she takes with him hardly helps to convince him any more than her previous assurances did, but he knows better than to disagree with her right now, pressed for time as they are. Still, though, the use of his name while they're on the job makes him wince, and he looks over his shoulder from where he's keeping watch. ]
Richard Brennan.
[ The name he's adopted for their assignment, and the one he intends to use while they're still on the clock; the correction comes out sharply, and he looks her over once more before turning back to keep an eye on the hall. All things considered, it was a minor slip-up, and it was just as well that it happened now, rather than while the two of them were mingling in the party. But it was also a rookie mistake, and one liable to get them into hot water, if that name and that title drifted past the wrong ears. ]
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Richard Brennan.
[ The name he's adopted for their assignment, and the one he intends to use while they're still on the clock; the correction comes out sharply, and he looks her over once more before turning back to keep an eye on the hall. All things considered, it was a minor slip-up, and it was just as well that it happened now, rather than while the two of them were mingling in the party. But it was also a rookie mistake, and one liable to get them into hot water, if that name and that title drifted past the wrong ears. ]
Don't let that happen again.