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[lecter]

I must apologize— I don't believe I caught your name.

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[buuurn]

[Someone whined about her again. She's gonna have to fish a bitch out, isn't she.

I mean.]

You say that like it's a good thing.

[Does she sound expectant? Well, she certainly isn't showing any guilt.]

[lecter]

[ Mildly: ] The opinions of my employers do not always perfectly align with my own.

[ He's not getting paid to encourage a real-life The Most Popular Girls in School. Not outright, anyway. ]

Why, how do you consider it?

[buuurn]

Well, [She flips her hair behind her shoulder,] I don't know what you mean when you say it's an impressive picture.

[lecter]

[ Fair enough. ]

I mean that this sort of grasp upon a student body is usually reserved for the principal.

[buuurn]

So the point of this is...?

[lecter]

[ As diplomatically as possible: ] Your method could use a little refining.

[buuurn]

[She was smiling before. Now she's making a pointed effort to keep it.]

Excuse me?

[lecter]

[ Because, clearly, this is the sort of tack he ought to be taking instead of stop terrorizing the high school. ]

You don't enjoy being called in for disciplinary action, do you?

[buuurn]

I wouldn't know, since I've never been called in for disciplinary action.

[lecter]

Then let me rephrase: I imagine you have other things to be doing than sitting here in my office.

[buuurn]

[Pause. Hm.]

Yeah, that's true.