I, ah, take your point. [thinking about that, she adds:] Still, 'ow do people get recruited? I know aliens aren't exactly public knowledge on your end either.

[sometimes she wonders if things would be easier if she let one of her colleagues in on what she's doing, but she's had yet to find anyone she feels confident would be able to handle it. if only Aldrich hadn't been killed, things could have been very different]