"Sì, sono d'accordo," he muses. "Shame really. There are many attractive people in our world."

He is curious about the same things Peter is. Were their handlers banking on this? He can't imagine they have someone in their pocket who knows about it, right? But perhaps they do.

When Peter says his old name and says he could imagine groaning it, Felix feels more on edge and makes a low sound that Peter no doubt heard very well. "It rolls off the tongue," he says, sending the other man a wink. "I know you did photographs but did you go by a different name?"