"Yeah..." He trailed off with that, genuine reflection in his voice. "No going back, now, huh?" He looked up at her and grinned. "You'll get used to it. Plus, now you got rank. You can just do something crazy, look at someone, and go, 'DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.'"

He snapped his fingers for emphasis.

"Bam!" he declared. "You're off scot free. It seriously works like that."