Kissing him was calming, but so was his hand in her hair, it had been ever since Russia, even though she wanted to deny it at the time. Even though she might have denied it back home to anyone who had asked about it. But here where there wasn't anyone who gave a damn about how much it may or may not have compromised her and her allegiances. Here, he was her only allegiance and it didn't matter a bit to her who knew it. LACUNA was everywhere, and if she gave a damn she hadn't made her opinions known. Yet anyway.

"I know you did, and I know that you're going to figure it out eventually." Or one of the two of them would earn it, there was always that part of it as well. Grace wasn't above taking the carrot approach if the stick didn't work. It was a part of the entire bit about being the diplomat who she was. "One way or another." Then she smirked at him, her eyes sparkling. "Even if you aren't a politician."