A crooked-looking smile spreads along one side of Ellever's face. That sounds an awful lot like how she feels whenever she has to lay out a job to her employees. She tries very hard to be an authority figure, as their boss, even though she often feels like she should be standing at the back of the room. But she also wants them to... well, like her.

That's not the most mature path to take, and she knows it. Especially when her father still keeps her heritage a mystery for most people in Zier Security, which makes it an uphill battle. Being a secret makes it hard for them to trust her.

She scratches the back of her head idly. "It's nice that he tries," she offers.

Some wouldn't. Circe wouldn't.