Codename B

My phone rang several times early this afternoon, each time the display announcing Private. I took this to mean the Agency, as the numbers of all the people I know here are already in my directory, and none of them are classified. No message was left after any of the calls, which to my mind implys a certain amount of canny discretion; either that or paranioa.

B answered the phone when I did my follow up later. He has the indeterminate accent of someone who has learned English in a variety of locations, so is presumably not originally from the country I reside in now. We discussed when I might come in for a meeting.

"Yes. Come in for a chat and we'll see how it goes."

Which I figure is a euphemism for "see how hot you are and if you know what you're getting into."

Indeed we will.