Victor had done this, and Dimitri was irritated enough by the fact to respect it.
There was no pettiness in the assessment. Victor had not hidden Felicity out of fear, nor brought her forward just to taunt. He studied the problem, measured the pressure from both teams, and removed the only piece none of them could stop orienting toward. It was efficient. It was intelligent. It was also making Dimitri's people difficult to manage, which meant it had landed exactly where it was meant to.
