Reborn as the Psycho Villainess Who Ate Her Slave Beasts' Contracts

"Conversation," he said. "Not interrogation."

"Conversation," she confirmed. "The administrative director was specific about that. People who’ve been doing their jobs correctly for a year deserve a different approach than people who are active assets."

"You interview them," Ken said, looking at Mahir.

"Yes," Mahir said. It was not phrased as a question. He had read the working list. He understood what the consultation function was.

"Not as interrogations," Elara said again. "As — assessments. You read people under pressure, under operational conditions. This is different. This is reading people who are living normally and trying to determine what normal means for them."

"I know what that requires," Mahir said.

"I know you know," she said.

He looked at her.

She looked at him.

Ken looked at the documents.

"I’ll have the full reconstruction by the end of the week," he said, which was the specific quality of Ken managing a room by returning it to operational content at the appropriate moment.

"Good," Elara said.