Inwardly, as Bruce speaks Ianto feels the pieces of the puzzle fitting into place. He'd long thought there was more to the rumours about Bruce than what met the eye, but he had never imagined anything like this.

"There's no need to apologise, sir," he answers. "In my experience, if someone wants to kill you they'll pay little heed to whom you're with at the time. I don't see that there's anything for me to hold against you at all. And this case I think perhaps it was lucky that it was me you were with. If anything, at least I understand the importance of discretion."