Juliana nodded. It made sense, if they were close, but she was a bit surprised to hear Kieran talked strategy. She didn't know why she was surprised — he was a crime and politics reporter, so obviously had enough exposure to the issues, and he was intelligent enough to have a myriad of opinions. He was probably good at political strategy, actually — maybe even better than Wright, if Wright's reputation as being a bleeding heart focused solely on the Cause was at all accurate. In her (admittedly not bottomless) experience, empathy and strategy were often at odds with each other. That was why she'd established contact with Wright in the first place: she wasn't sure that he would take the initiative to do what needed to be done, to dismantle the competition, unless someone prodded him.

But it still surprised her to think of Kieran being involved in campaign strategy. Perhaps because he had always been a relatively private person (for good reason), and campaigning was a very public ordeal.

"I don't think he can actually win," she admitted. "Do you?"

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