"In a rush to claim something you've forgotten, Recard?"

The dispassionate, deep voice of Ikenna Gevrik came floating out from above Armen's desk but the Head of Security made no move to disillusion himself. That would be Armen's task, wouldn't it, and a natural first step all Ministry heads should take upon entering their respective offices?

"Perhaps it is your dignity you left in the Minister's conference room... because it is certainly not here. I would know. I've checked."

He laughed, a harsh and cynical sound that echoed around the room disturbingly. Still, the man made no movement to reveal himself or even to budge from his comfortable location. Gevrik had a perfect view of the clearly-ruffled head of transportation from here and could easily sense what he was thinking.

"And I do know," he added in an even more sinister, ambiguous tone. "I know about you, Armen Recard, I know."