In case anyone is interested, I chose the names of the CIA agents carefully. They are named after two out of the three Roman Fates. According to the Roman myth, all living things must eventually submit to these divine daughters of Zeus and Themis. Life is woven by Clotho (whom I decided not to include in my story), measured by Lachesis and finally, in a very literal sense, the thread of life is cut by Atropos.