I'll be having a word with your direct supervisor in the near future.

[ In fact, he will actually catch her talking to Persian faux-seriously sometime after this, whether he remembers her teasing or not. She keeps her voice low, even with the up-turn of her words that edge into flirting territory.

Can't forget their goal, after all. ]

I suspect you are confusing me for the way you operated.

[ But she stops abruptly even though she appears to want to continue, lifting a hand up. There's something afoot -- and it comes with the click of clawed feet. A set of two, to be exact. ]