Nathan was surprised to see Katherine, or rather, Ekaterina, as the agent he would be working with. He recognized her from files back at the CIA headquarters, although little info was known about her. He did his best to hide the surprise, and reacted normally, as if the he was expecting it to be her the whole time. responded to Katherine with the planned reply of "Yes, and the wolf walks soon." He discretely passed her the coded files that detailed their orders. After giving her a bit of time to look them over, he asked her "When will you be ready for our trip? We should leave as soon as possible, to avoid hassles."