"Somehow, I doubt this is wasting your time. I know they're keeping you isolated. For someone as connected as you were, it must be a special sort of hell to suddenly have next to no contact of any kind. Work with me on this, and you'll know the details of the case. You'll know what we're doing, when we're doing it. And you'll have some influence over how it turns out. Different from not even having influence over what they serve you for breakfast."