"Maybe it isn't about them," Valdis replied, walking over to take a swab of the blood and put it in a small forensic tube. "Maybe it's about stopping another party from getting somewhere."

With the fire at the Records Hall, by a person dressed as a Sentry member, it could be an attempt to sabotage a response to something that hadn't happened yet. She tucked the vial into her pocket and glanced at Zohvin.

"The sentry is pretty tight lipped with me too," she replied, "If you mean what I think you mean, there's no need to make their contact squeal, my current position is in interrogation without pain, and I'm pretty good at it."