You forget: I can be virtually everywhere and anywhere at once without stepping foot on a plane. But by all means, add sitting in a chair to your list of skills as a field agent.

( q will defend his reluctance to fly to whatever extent it takes to convince people that it isn't a detriment to his job. after all, that's the beauty of technology, isn't it? he can do everything he needs to do in his pajamas as long as he has access to a half-decent laptop. he comes into the office to oversee his department, and sometimes for the access he has to technology that isn't at home. either way, nothing he does should ever entail him needing to travel beyond a simple tube ride here and there.

in fact, he's not even sure why he's here at all, and not some lower-ranked member of q division. what's the point of being the bloody quartermaster if he can't assign these things to his subordinates? it's that thought, and the newest bit of turbulence that causes to drain the rest of the martini glass without really dwelling on the taste. it's this high level of mental stress that is causing him to be a bit pricklier with his retorts than he usually is. he's usually able to be a bit more subtle about it. unless there's boasting involved. )

They're very thorough about it all. Meticulous. You'd be surprised.

( and bond's file is the thickest of all of them, barring those that he doesn't have the clearance to read, and they are few and far between. )