Oh, knock it off with the tall and handsome and idiotic act. [ peggy rolls her eyes. perhaps her patience has finally worn through. it was inevitable. ] You know damn well I've got no reason to ask you about our current predicament. Questions about yourself, on the other hand...

[ she gets a bit bold. and why not? there's a whole ballroom full of people he could be grilling for intel -- but he returns to her. maybe it's ego and maybe it's wishful thinking, but she hopes that means he at least acknowledges her as a legitimate source.

albeit a bit of a testy one. ]