"Drug-induced haze could mean he forgets how he ended up there. I need him clear on exactly how he got where he will be." It was about power and the proper application of it to Marcelo's mind. Any power Marcelo would have over Stephanie's father would be gone if Shaw didn't know what happened.

As she studied him, he drank his scotch. It did feel a little awkward how long she was quiet, but as silence was sometimes Marcelo's domain, he did not seem all that ruffled about it.

"Your input, for one. The more people I have who have worked and dealt with Shaw and his associates, the better my ambitious plans work. Your telepathic skills when it becomes time. I have it on knowledgeable authority that you are one of the best. While I will be avoiding drawing anything sinister into my confrontations, there are others on Shaw's side I have to worry about." He didn't sound like he was trying to appease her at all. Just reporting what he had been told by two people he highly trusted.