Harper may have interrupted them just when things were potentially starting to get really interesting, but she hadn't interrupted them soon enough for Vesper not to be able to guess what the rest of his sentence was before he cut himself off. 'If I had a choice, I never would’ve been gone in the first place'. Now, that was interesting. Immediately, Vesper's view of the situation changed, the wheels already turning in her head as she watched his body language with keen eyes.
Not that he had been the picture of relaxed with Vesper, but he had noticeably stiffened when Harper had first entered the room. Fine, that could just be because he, like Vesper, was not a Harley Quinn fan. Kind of easy not to be, considering how grating she was on the nerves. Harper might not be as loud about it, but she could still be pretty damn annoying without even trying. Like just being in the same room as you, for example. If it weren't for the fact that it would make Joseph's job harder, Vesper would be tempted to get a lot nastier with the clown.
So, this guy either just didn't like Harper and therefore at least exhibited some good taste in other people. Or, it was something else. Blackmail maybe? He was definitely new to the Resistance either way, but maybe she'd misjudged him before, passing him off as just another incompetent recruit. The only reason she thought that was because, for one thing, missing people didn't usually turn up in the Resistance. Or rather, people who ran with the Resistance didn't usually have people on the outside who cared enough to try and find them. The other reason was that this was the first time Vesper had actually seen Harper Kelly deign to show up for a hand off. Almost like she was checking up on someone, and as much as they disliked each other, Vesper doubted it was her.
Vesper couldn't tell what might be so special about this guy that the Resistance would go to that kind of trouble, but it also wouldn't be the first time she'd heard of somebody getting conned into their ranks. Poor guy. No wonder he seemed a little too earnest for the Resistance. If that's what was actually happening, but either way, her curiosity was peaked enough that Vesper was suddenly dying to find out.
Pleased that he'd gone along with her lie (and once again just proving her suspicions that he was something other than the Resistance's usual brand of sociopathic recruits), Vesper was mildly surprised when he actually asked her a question. Arching an eyebrow, Vesper leaned across the table closer to him, one hand still on the briefcase and dark eyes glittering with a hint of mischief to them. "Why do you wanna know? Got a thing for cats? Or is it burglars?"
He hadn't ratted her out for trying to steal from them so clearly being a thief didn't bother him too much, but Vesper obviously wasn't going to come right out and tell the truth about the pointed barb. If he didn't already know who she was, that probably made him the last person in the Resistance to know about Selina Kyle, and that was just fine with her. Like Selina, Vesper tended to make enemies a little too quickly around here. Unfortunately, Harper wasn't as interested in playing games.
"Don't you and Ms. Kyle have a litter box to get back to?" The blonde sneered, hanging back from the pair until then but now she came around to one side of Aaron and drooped an arm through his with the express purpose of trying to make him as uncomfortable in this situation as possible.
"Don't you have a padded room to get back to," Vesper shot back, annoyed as the coy smile edging across her lips all but disappeared from her face. Harper turned to whisper to Aaron, loudly enough for Vesper to hear. "Better check your pockets before you leave, that one has slippery fingers." Arm absently slipping away from his, Harper took hold of one of the guns still left on the table and inspected it more closely. "And fleas."
At that Vesper looked almost murderous, her own body language tense like she might be deciding whether or not it'd be worth it to actually pick a fight. "You want to say that a little louder?"