Audrey Avizienis was a professional opposition researcher. Once roused, her critical faculties were lethal. "Look, we all came down here, and I’m doing my damn job. But laughing boy here is being a big, holier-than-thou, depressive bringdown. What, he thinks I can’t appreciate nature just because I spend a lot of time on the net? I know plenty about the birds and the bees, and the butterflies, and the cabbages, and all the rest of that stuff."