Oh he should be smug. To be the only one not to get caught was something of a highlight for her. It made the chase better of course, but dealing with her employer and his not understanding of the situation was a bit of a loss. She would just have to deal with it.
"Precisely. It's like a merry go round. We just keep going in circles and no one ever gets off or moves any closer. Both equidistant apart. It doesn't really slow down, does it?" River almost sounded a bit wistful when she said it, but she also sounded a bit tired. Sure they had been doing this a while now, and it wasn't like she was as old as him by any stretch of the imagination but she was a little tired. Perhaps that was why she wasn't try to last out at him. Yet.
River nodded her head a little, letting her eyes wander around the room. "You would be. Trust is a very fickle thing. It can be broken so easily, and most of the time by something that was taken out of context. Just make no mistake. I am my own woman now, and I will never be dictated to again. By anyone. Actually it's a bit freeing not having orders to kill you. Not that I don't want to, but if I do want to it's because I want to, and that is very freeing."