[ His instinctive defensiveness fades into sheepishness as he glances over at him sidelong. ] Sorry. It was never such a hot topic until I came here. [ This is only sort of true. His teammates are always encouraging him to get out there and take chances and meet people, suggestions that Reid almost never takes. It's hard when the vast majority of people he meets are either unsubs, victims, or witnesses. Dating someone he meets from work is extremely inappropriate. And Reid doesn't do anything but work. Usually he gets to wiggle out of the whole issue.

In Cadelle, well. Not so much. ]

I'd be a terrible introductory level teacher, [ he agrees frankly. ] I never even took those classes. [ He had them all in high school at age ten like a good child genius. ] I'm doing seminars in upper level topics, or subjects niche enough there is no intro class.

You said your company produced phones, right? Everyone seems to use theirs here. You could suggest upgrades to the social networking system. It would build brand recognition. [ If he sounds even slightly like he knows what he's talking about, it's just because he's repeating things he's heard and read. ]