Lily was watching both of them with the quiet attention she typically used when she wanted to fully understand something before commenting on it. Diana was looking at the ledger with the expression of someone filing a piece of information for later.
"After lunch," Rex said. "I'll walk you through the structural logic from the inside."
"The parts I can tell you about."
"The parts you can tell me," Elizabeth said.
"The analysis will be better for them," Rex said. "The rest can wait until we know which direction we need to go."
Elizabeth looked at him for a long moment. Then she nodded, the specific nod she used for agreements that had the quality of genuine understanding rather than simple compliance.
