((Sorry for the long absence.  I'd almost forgotten this one was here!))<br/><br/>"Both, actually.  The CIA folks in Cairo ordered some equipment for themselves a while back, and a military flight is about the only thing that it wouldn't raise eyebrows on.  And the guys up top wanted to get us something more substantial in terms of gear than what is on hand at the local level, so they got a few cases ready for us as per my recommendation, since they knew I'd be going on this one."  He answered her question as he had all of hers so far - with a calm and practiced ease that seemed to be his alone for the moment, what with her excitement over the first field mission.<br/><br/>"Crow.  Right.  Have to remember that one..."  Referring to each other by code out in the field was a necessity - the group both of them worked for had plenty of enemies - foreign and domestic, corporate, government, and private - so not dropping your real name was a safeguard against possible reprisal.   After all, you didn't have a lot to go on when all you had was a description and the moniker "Spooky," as an example.<br/><br/>"Alright.  What else do you want to know?"