Torchwood. Oh, he knows exactly what the man means, though he'll not say anythign or let it show on his face. Those incorrigible meddlers - how many times had a plan barely begun when they had stepped in before he could take advantage of a developing situation? A half dozen times, perhaps.

He still was annoyed at their ending of that Cyberwoman - she could easily have been influenced, and then turned loose as a virus upon the rest of her ilk. An army at his disposal, instantly. A shame, really.

"I'm listening," he says, his face the acme of patience. But inwardly, the wheels turn.