[ He's never told her any of this and even though he skims over key details, she recognises that his path towards being an agent was unconventional. She was recruited in wartime and the SOE was desperate to take anyone who qualified, however unusual their background. It was different. But she can't help but draw similarities between what he's told her now to her career with the SSR after the war.
Her lips quirk a little at the ceiling at the point he makes. Everything is always a mess. ]
My own agency arrested me on the grounds of treason and espionage because I was trying to prove a man's innocence. I was conducting my own investigation under their noses and they found me out. [ The lengths she'll go for friends as well as doing the right thing. ] It was a fiasco. Stolen technology, Russian spies, assassins. Men were killed. [ Chief Dooley. My fault. ] I was sacked.
[ She turns her head to look at him. ]
Solved the case, caught the bad guy, and was reinstated with my agency. Trust is such a rare and fickle commodity in our line of work. I suppose that's why I'm so careful not to abuse it. [ Yours. Steve's. ] We're partners, Eggsy. It goes both ways. However you want to do it, we do it that way.
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Her lips quirk a little at the ceiling at the point he makes. Everything is always a mess. ]
My own agency arrested me on the grounds of treason and espionage because I was trying to prove a man's innocence. I was conducting my own investigation under their noses and they found me out. [ The lengths she'll go for friends as well as doing the right thing. ] It was a fiasco. Stolen technology, Russian spies, assassins. Men were killed. [ Chief Dooley. My fault. ] I was sacked.
[ She turns her head to look at him. ]
Solved the case, caught the bad guy, and was reinstated with my agency. Trust is such a rare and fickle commodity in our line of work. I suppose that's why I'm so careful not to abuse it. [ Yours. Steve's. ] We're partners, Eggsy. It goes both ways. However you want to do it, we do it that way.