I couldn't say who has done what yet. [ He's on edge, maybe more than is entirely warranted, but this feels like shades of a particularly shitty Christmas party. Like it might be a setup or maybe they're being sized up, and he doesn't like it.

Well, there's that and another suspicion. There wasn't any telling exactly which one of those people had the ability to change their target's behavior, but there'd been at least one incident that pointed to the HHA. For all he knew, all of them had it. He keeps his voice low: ] If anyone suddenly changes how they act after dealing with her, keep track.