[ Stubbornness for stubbornness' sake, Hei thinks, dry and unamused. Ordinarily, that facet to Isaak wouldn't be hard to understand. (Resolve and revenge are two qualities that never are, if you've bled enough). But in this case Hei has no interest in a tug-of-war. If his job has taught him anything, it's a superhuman degree of two-facedness and double-dealing. ]

[ Isaak already knows more than he should. The photo isn't Hei's concern now. But erasing all vestiges of it from Isaak's memory -- that is. If the older man is against a face-to-face meeting, Hei has no qualms about tracking him down to deliver a light voltage to his brain when he's alone. ]

And here I thought generosity was just a campfire tale. [ His voice is flat -- but deeper in pitch than Li can afford. ] I'll indulge, just for the novelty of it. I have more than one photo of you, after all.