"Nothing too imposing, I hope! You see, I've been made aware of, um. Something really quite disastrous that is likely going to happen later this evening, and I have the means to stop it — I just haven't exactly found the right hook, the right solution, you know what I mean?

"And you're perfect — you aren't going to raise any suspicion, except for yourself, which would perpetuate this to begin with ... but would you be willing to do some recon work for me?"

And then, Rainer just goes ahead and drops her cards on the table.

"Some recon work about ... a few hours ago, that is. Technically."