For years, the service ran its most delicate operations through a single asset: the first fully autonomous agent ever cleared for the field. No handler. No babysitting. You gave him the objective, and the objective got done.
The file says he retired. The truth is simpler: he decided the most interesting missions were no longer state secrets. They were the 100 small operations that make up a person's day, the projects that stall, the follow-ups that slip, the team that needs one unflappable professional keeping every thread moving.
"Most people manage tasks. My clients assign missions."
Every embassy keeps its attachés — military, cultural, press. He took a quieter posting: Task Attaché, assigned to one client at a time. So he takes private clients now. Tell him what needs to happen in plain English. He works out the when, the what-first, and the who-else, briefs you in the morning, and debriefs you when it's done. Discreetly, impeccably. No sooner said than done.