Astrid settles neatly into the good cop role, all warm smiles and maternal energy. She seems to grow calmer the more agitated their interviewee becomes, full of reassurances that, yes, this must be very stressful, but you know, this could all be so much easier for him with just a bit of information.

"They just left you," she says, punctuating a retelling of the night's events as she understands them. "Ran off with the goods, and who knows whether they'll take you back after this. Took off with Miss Canny? They're going to--what? Sacrifice her?"