"Well, you're a sensitive person after all, they'd want to meet you in person," Veronica told her. "As long as you don't make trouble for Alterra, you'll be fine."
Estra was led to the waiting room next to where the meetings were held. When the pertinent elders had arrived, only then was she called on.
The Elders in attendance were Miss Mathilda, the elder of internal and inter-territory affairs; Miss Althea, the elder of Plant Studies (though she seemed to have a higher position than that somehow); and Sir Garan, who was in charge of the Military affairs. Of course, Oslo was there too, as the honorary Elder for Construction.
Mathilda led the chat, though anyone who knew her understood this was an interrogation.
Through the months of doing her job, Mathilda had developed a skill similar to the Goblins.
