User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-28718853-20161204222143/@comment-28358106-20161205023957

(That remains to be seen, my friend. Adelaide didn't get her reputation for no reason...)

Adelaide listens to every word intently, not moving the entire time. When he is finished, she speaks, her voice even and reasonable.

"I see."

She picks up the prospectus on Nope, scanning over it. She speaks again while still looking at it.

"I had heard about Nope's reputation before Mr. Harlburg's return. It might surprise you to know that I watched your stock intently, making note of the rise in fortune that accompanied his arrival.  It might also surprise you to know that profitability does not interest me as much as its effect on the locality in which it is based.  Social bias, to be precise.  But we will get to that presently."

She sets the prospectus down and takes off her glasses, her voice remaining even. "I do appreciate your candor in outlining the...issues that Nope has attracted to itself. I have watched those as well, with considerable interest.  So, before we continue, tell me what Nope is doing to address those issues.  After all, we do not want to attract undue attention to ourselves, no?"

She looks up at the Holstaur. "Feel free to sit, my dear. No need to stand, if you do not wish to.  I know the roads around Whitemarch can be trying." She gives her a little smile.