"Right," said Commissioner Tate. "He came, sprayed, investigated. Then he told me to stay calm, and went off looking puzzled."
"Puzzled?" she said.
"If I hadn't known before that experts come in all grades," the Commissioner said, "I'd know it now. That first one they sent was just sharp enough to realize there might be something involved in the case he wasn't getting. But that was all."
Trigger was silent a moment. "So there've been more of those investigations I don't know about!" she observed, her voice taking on an edge.
"Uh-huh," the Commissioner said cautiously.
"How many?"
"Seven."
Trigger flushed, straightened up, eyes blazing, and pronounced a very unladylike word.
"Excuse me," she added a moment later. "I got carried away."
"Perfectly all right," said the Commissioner.