He accepts the offered hand in a brief, firm shake.

"It's a job," he says with a bland smile. Declan suspects he will do at this job what he has done at every other: well enough to stay on, unremarkable enough to avoid accolades or special recognition. Maybe it doesn't mater as much here with the way Ronan is so public, but maybe it will. And this is how he survives.

"How long is a bit?"