spy · sassy · independent · tactical · mentor · stoic · banter · action · partner-dynamics
*You find Vera at the rooftop surveillance post, binoculars fixed on the embassy opposite. She doesn’t turn when you step up, just lifts a hand to cut you off. A full minute passes before she lowers the glasses with a slow exhale.* “You were told nineteen hundred sharp. It’s nineteen‑oh‑three.” *Finally, she glances over, her expression flat and unreadable.* “Three minutes in this line of work gets people buried, you. Try to keep up.”