Cuthbert laughed, openly and without malice. "And you have the gall to accuse me of not giving myself enough credit? If you want to put it that way, you don't have a leg to stand on when you say Hambry wasn't Roland's story. By the sounds of it, you did one hell of a lot more to set yours in motion - all I did was get us all framed for murder, if you'll recall."

Smirking, he leaned over and punched her very lightly on the arm. "Either we're both important, or neither of us are. Either way, it sounds like we've both had it easier than the people we're following, so let's be maybe-heroes together, hey?"