Elizabeth looked at Lily, and then at Rex, with the expression of someone who had in fact noticed exactly this and was slightly surprised to have it named.
"I noticed it," Elizabeth said.
"When?" Lily said.
"Day two," Elizabeth said. "In the study room."
"He placed the cross-references before I reached the point in my analysis where I needed them, and when I mentioned it, he described the analytical gap I was approaching rather than his own anticipation of it." She looked at Rex. "You described the problem, and it's not you solving it."
"The problem was more relevant," Rex said.
"To the analysis," Elizabeth said. "Yes... That's the point Lily is making."
Lily looked satisfied in the same way she always did when something she had observed was confirmed by an independent source.
Rex looked between the three of them. Lily, with her chin in her hand and her direct attention.
