<strong>Laurell</strong><br/><br/>Laurell chuckled softly as Alan made the introduction and she sipped at the espresso he'd given her, "You can take your ten minutes in pieces if you want...just remember, I only promised you ten."<br/><br/>Turning her gaze to the woman who'd walked in she smiled warmly. A fixer was never a bad person to know. Most of the gadgets she needed in her line of work she could buy, or make herself, but now and then something specialized was needed, and then it was a person like this, Reese, who came in handy. Odd how reputations like theirs only traveled in certain circles and nowhere else, but that within those circles not knowing who they were was almost a cardinal sin.<br/><br/>"Always a pleasure to meet new acquaintances Reese. So tell me, does the boy here always try to deflect the conversation and avoid answering questions? Or is that something he only does around women?"