<div style="text-align: justify;">Mariya knew that telling Vitali about her mission would be the worst possible idea. Well, if she were to be honest, taking the mission had already been a pretty bad idea. But she had thought it would work out. Before she left England, that is. Now, being back at Soviet Union, and back with Vitali, Mariya could see that it would be harder than she had anticipated. <br/><br/>Not that getting the information itself would be the hard part. Mariya felt that, as long as Vitali trusted her, she could collect whatever information was humanly possible. The problem was whether or not she would have it in her. And at the same time... she had to do what she had gone there to do. There wasn't any real choice to be made. <br/><br/>Knowing that she was dealing with dangerous people, Mariya knew that it would be either one of them. She would put Vitali's life on the line or her own. The choice <span style="font-style: italic">should</span> be obvious, but it wasn't, not really. Vitali had been the first person outside family she had ever loved. And now... he was basically giving the rest of his life over to her, if things worked out.<br/><br/>Focusing back at the present and the more pleasant aspects of the future, Mariya turned her attention back to Vitali. "I love calling you Viti as well, so I guess that is settled", she replied to his words.<br/><br/>His next words about games made her laugh. "I guess you are right. But some of the games are fun". She shook her head when he talked about one way one could cheat on chess. Like she usually did as a child, Mariya pinched Vitali's arm.<br/><br/>"You dirty cheat!", she exclaimed, laughing. "I knew I couldn't trust you! That explains why you would beat me every time!".<br/><br/>After this comment, that she had made pretending to be very shocked, Mariya pulled closer to Vitali and kissed his chin, ignoring the possibility of anyone seeing them.<br/><br/>"Now come on. Now that I know I have to keep an eye on you, we can find a place to play. I would bet you something, but I don't know what we could wager on".</div>