[Dez purses her lips, her fingers twitching, wanting that cigarette back.]

I would have preferred to be kept in the loop before all this was decided.

[And would have liked it if at least one of her lieutenants could have been honest about his past, but in an organization like this she can hardly blame them for secrecy. And both of them were with the Railroad and saving synths before she was.]

But I can't stop you from making alliances.

Here are my ground rules. No intel sharing. They can't know anything about Railroad routes, safehouses, or procedures. Present company excluded. And I want to know where they'll be operating so our runners and agents can avoid them.