"Unfortunately, there's no way to avoid that at this stage. The alternate location will also remove some of the... organic nature of it, though once it's in place that can be compensated for by using it, rather than making appointments to meet there. Think of it as a place we can have privacy, use it as such and we'll be prepared when the time comes."

He... was feeling the same awkward unease. It would be so easy to go there without the conversation but the conversation had to happen.