"I wasn't lying when I said I thought you'd take to this well." Q stands and moves to put his dishes in the sink. It puts him closer to Bond, but he doesn't push into the other man's space.

"There are many, many metaphors for how this works. I knew a someone who used to visualize it as opening a window. That they could have it closed, open, with the curtains muffling sound or sight." As he speaks, he begins to wash his breakfast dishes. "I've always seen it as a sort of waiting room. I can see and hear them out there, but I control who comes into my office."

"I've heard of others who have walls or forts. An igloo, once."