"My pleasure."

And Elio shakes his hand - he has a really good handshake - and must be on his way to his next meeting.

Timothy thanks him and flies home.

There's a letter waiting for him from Miranda! She wants to know how it went.

He's very good at his job and, well, either not up to anything or way more competent at hiding it than anyone I've ever met. I'm impressed. Still would be much happier if I discovered some kind of secret motive beyond unbridled foresight and altruism but I guess anyone who was looking at us would have the same complaint.

That's encouraging I guess?

I think so. Even most bad things he could be up to result in the Statute being gradually and patiently lessened everywhere that's politically achievable, he doesn't think he'll get farther than that in his lifetime, so...

And that's all to the good. I suppose it would be weird if we were the only altruists around.

Or even the only ones to notice the colossal squandering of potential that is the Statute. 

What do you think he wants to do with the potential?

See, that's the thing, I've no idea.

Is he working for somebody?

Not publicly.

No reply to that one; she's out of questions.

Minor invites her to a theatre production in London.

Ooh. Wizard theater or muggle?

Muggle! He's curious how they do it without any special effects.

If it's The Tempest he gets extra points.

Not showing presently. Perhaps they'll have to go to the theatre again. "Why the Tempest?"

"That's where my name is from!"

"Ooooh. Soon as it's showing, then."

Giggle. "I am unlike that Miranda not a princess. And I did not grow up on a rock in the middle of the sea."

"If we take over the world you can probably arrange to be a princess but it'd be a stretch to call England a rock in the middle of the sea, it's pretty far to one side of the sea."

"And I'm approaching older-than-her-at-the-start-of-the-play."

"I will tell Timothy he's terribly negligent to not have taken over the world yet."