"So." Darren closed his eyes and leaned against the wall. "It's time, is it?"

"The Colonel believes he has a mole in his command. He wants someone who is completely separate from his people to infiltrate the White Moose."

"And that person needs to be me?"

"You do have a unique qualification the rest of us lack," Jim looked ashamed to be stating it, as if recognizing Darren wasn't white was a social gaffe.

"I'm Cree, and so I could be one of the ...