"Thank you, Leon." She sounds startled, and a little touched. "I was speaking defensively, however. I still know my way around the fewest alternate earths, I haven't even started on any identities, and out of the two of us, I'm far less capable of protecting myself in case of a sudden encounter.

"I've just had to start thinking about that more recently. I've been able to move freely, being anonymous. Now I know two people who either know who I am, or who might be here to dig."