Sonia's answering smile is almost dreamy. What it must be like to have a friend like that -- she and Olivia are almost like that, almost, but she's changed over the years, slowly and inexorably.

"They sound like the best kind of officer," she says, "not that I know anything about mercenaries. But it must be really thrilling, working with someone like that..." Her smile broadens. "You really do have a nice home out there."