[It's not something he's used to either- there's always been a distance between them, between him and all of the informants to some extent. Things are different here than home, he knows, but still...]

Exactly. We're up against a power unlike anything we'd have encountered back home, far greater than any colonizing black oil, than any shadow government...
[He looks at her, thoughtful.] But maybe you'll uncover something that I haven't.