"I'm just making sure we're clear on that," Nikita replied mildly, with a classic hands-up gesture. Then she refilled his coffee to solidify the impression.

"He's sort of a private guy, I think, but only if you don't get him started on something he's interested in. Then he'll talk for hours. You probably noticed. Dunno why Luke doesn't like you, though. You'd have to talk to him about that."

She guessed it was something to do with Russell being a cop, but she could be completely wrong about that too.