Zhu Li never uses filler words in her speech. But now, confronted by a young girl who is everything she wasn’t at that age, telling her that Varrick really missed her?

She reserves her right to be less than perfectly efficient in her speech. “Um.”

Just for a moment. Her brain works at twice its normal speed to come up with something, anything to say, and in a matter of seconds, she continues professionally, “being a secretary with Varrick Global Industries is an… impressive career for someone as young as you, ma’am.”