At his request, April cleared her throat and gave all the details of her pickup run, including the man's reaction to seeing her. Mister Waverly touched his buzzer and remained quietly thinking while Miss Eklund brought in tea and coffee. Once she had departed again, Waverly began.

"We have identified the THRUSH agent - a Joseph Mendels. That night was far from the first time that he and our Mister Downs have crossed swords. We cannot know for certain, but my belief is that Mendels thought he would be ambushing our Mister Jennings."

April had a question but remained quiet.