A marksman doesn't always require a companion; what's essential is someone to signal the start. Operating alone allows for deep reflection, particularly when tasked with an assignment that severs the daily routine of neutralizing numerous armed operatives every hour. Adopting a disguise of braids and spectacles for just one mission might not be such a bad idea. The task was follow the young woman, watch over her for two years. Simple. Confronted with assassins? Still simple. Confronted with betrayers? Simple. Confronted with a child? Simple. Confronted with poison? Simple. Confronted with invaders? Simple. Confronted with romance? ERROR. Always double-check when dealing with the reserved and the intellectual. After all, today's silent ones may turn into tomorrow's undercover agents, and the intellectual ones into future cyber experts.