In the first week I got to see Blake in action, in casual face-to-face meetings and more formal settings like the war council where I introduced Ranger to the wonders of escrima. I learned a lot. First off, nothing Blake does is casual—nothing. It’s all planned out, every possible outcome, each permutation and combination worked through in that big head of his. I’ve seen him orchestrate a "chance, fortuitous" meeting with Bubba in the safe house hallway, disarming the cracker’s defenses and setting him at his ease, then "spontaneously" dropping the point that was the whole purpose of this game into the conversation, and watching the reaction.