Kieran looked up and blinked at the man, whose awkward turns-around-the-room he had been following without trying to make it obvious. He had covered politics for long enough to recognize most of the Minister's family, but Don Juan Dempsey had never been particularly politically relevant. He was more for social and gossip — duels and rakish behavior et cetera.

"Are you lost?" Kieran asked, leaning back in his chair and peering up at him.