[introducing herself. "You're here for the blastseeker position?"] "I'm here if you're paying. Tamsyn Sweene. Call me Tammy, and we've got a problem."

"I need this job, Leighbet. Maybe I'm desperate, but you are, too. That's why we'd make a great team. You've got the big ideas, but you need someone who's good with details and who knows how to game the system. Sanctions aren't the only way to get laboratory approval. I know some people who know some people. I can get your lab declared an Innovative Niche Workshop."

"I'm sure you'll be on the other side of these experiments in no time. Now, if you'll have a seat back out in the waiting room, we'll finish up with the other subjects and then get your payments processed." [Calmly talking to one of the test subjects. Very good bedside manner.]