They argue about it for some time, trying to determine which of the roles is best suited for each of them as Elliot's hands dance through the tumblers and firewalls, Hardison anticipates and blocks each cut and thrust of his opponent, and Parker keeps them all on track, sometimes not saying more than a fragment or two of a sentence to remind them of the plan and where they are in it.

Ultimately, they conclude there's no way they can separate the roles, the same way they've concluded there's no way to separate themselves. Hardison boasts he knew all along, which sets Elliot off into a new argument, such that neither of them notice Parker smiling at having found the people she wants to spend a lot more time with.