"Why not?" Laura looked at Kara. "Don't you trust her? Carm won't say anything but if she's going to be one of the people organising this she can't do a good job without a clue what the basic tools she has are." She swallowed. "And I'm going to have to show her at least some of what I can do."

She paused. "It'll take more than just patrols if they have a plan and you've lost DEO backup. And Lena needs to know."