[ That gets a rare laugh from Erik. He shakes his head a bit. ]
No resume. It's very unprofessional I know.
[ It felt nice to have a bit of a break from the tension of the evening, and a smile lingers for a moment on his face before he continues. ]
Most of the time, it's fairly straight forward. In fact, I have never met with a potential recruit and ended up not inviting them to the island. That's how carefully my contacts screen people.
[ Matthew was definitely not the standard case. But it was a valuable lesson in caution, at the very least. There could be more out there like him. ]
You handled yourself well tonight. Not everyone would have been able to withstand an attack like that and maintain control.
[ He wouldn't have blamed her if she had lost control; that was the thing with telepathic attacks, they were meant to destabilize. Given what little he knows of her past, Erik can gather that she's been in fights before, she had the right instincts for it. ]
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No resume. It's very unprofessional I know.
[ It felt nice to have a bit of a break from the tension of the evening, and a smile lingers for a moment on his face before he continues. ]
Most of the time, it's fairly straight forward. In fact, I have never met with a potential recruit and ended up not inviting them to the island. That's how carefully my contacts screen people.
[ Matthew was definitely not the standard case. But it was a valuable lesson in caution, at the very least. There could be more out there like him. ]
You handled yourself well tonight. Not everyone would have been able to withstand an attack like that and maintain control.
[ He wouldn't have blamed her if she had lost control; that was the thing with telepathic attacks, they were meant to destabilize. Given what little he knows of her past, Erik can gather that she's been in fights before, she had the right instincts for it. ]