Thought it was alright, just tried to be a bit too cryptic though.
I think she was missing presumed dead for about a year, she was training for a long time after recovering – the baby looked a lot younger than that (no idea how long the operation went on for). I’m guessing she was in hospital for the gunshot wounds but also had the baby at some point. I think the floppy haired bloke was just keeping her alive for his own gain. He had the soil sample which he could sell, he’d also get the money for killing her if he managed it – but to get both he had to keep her alive long enough for the soil thing to be sorted out and the sale of the dam to the hourglass company to go through. Keel mentioned that there was a competing agency on the same job as Byzantium.
I think the death was staged and she was shot by Deacon etc…. Good job she practised holding her breath under water, came in useful in the end.
So what was the body count in the end? I’ll watch my back next time I’m in the smoke!