That was an abrupt question, Alistair thought. "An appropriate amount," he answered. It was perfectly true and perfectly vague; he made no effort to either clarify or quantify further. "But I think you'd better work that into your plans with the Senator - this is her project; I merely set it up."
He knew it wasn't going to stay that way. Things like this had a way of getting pushed onto Alistair and, truth be told, if Katherine got overly involved he'd have to pull it off of her to get her re-focused. She still had to govern, whether she had lost her taste for it or not.