There has been some very recent rumors circulating that a surprise audit of Agent Cross' field operations may be imminent. At first sketchy, they are becoming quite reliable. Always the prudent and careful agent, I have started making preparatons JUST IN CASE. I have found that a full stomach often tends to soften the analysis, especially if the meal is accompanied by certain adult beverages. In order to hone my skills, I spent the evening whipping up a batch of elk stew. It was a very successful attempt. The stew turned out great. The beverages were, of course, great as usual. I spent hours making an exhaustive list of other preparations to be made. At this point I have a total of two items on the list, but I will spend a further few hours checking and vetting the list just in case I have been too proactive and have included items which might not prove useful.
While it is prudent to be prepared for any eventuality, it is important to realize that any agent worth his salt has been trained to maintain an objective, unbiased, unslanted, unemotional, and unwavering outlook during any investigation. Fighting The Battle requires the utmost in clear-headedness. Maintaining such clear-headeness, especially in the face of an onslaught of "certain adult beverages," is the mark of a well-trained agent. Another mark of a well-trained agent is the ability to plausibly deny that a fellow agent has succumbed to the "full stomach often tends to soften the analysis" (FSTSA) theory.