"You have a point." She watched him, thoughtful, one corner of her mouth pulled up in half a smile. It didn't seem likely at first, but she was starting to see how, exactly, he and Anton worked. There was a certain matter-of-factness they shared, she thought. "It would be useful if more people were so straightforward."

Why did Anton never speak of him? He was a private person, it was true, but somehow Raine suspected a little bit more underlying.