Drawing the focus away from the edges to mimic low-light clandestine operations.

The is confessional. It says, “I have already been disavowed.”

However, appending "-but darker-" fundamentally alters the palette. It shifts the aesthetic from * noir chic* to industrial grim . The "darker" MI6 is not one located in the sleek, glass-and-steel skyscrapers of modern Vauxhall Cross. It resides in the basement. It is the sound of wet pavement on a rainy Tuesday in a forgotten borough of London. It is the color of dried blood on a trench coat.