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Casey couldn’t help but smile at Ryan’s assessence system, he’d become an honorary FI team member Soain, he’d been built by Ryan, as very huenius and Yoda was omniscient

“Has everyone reviewed this candidate’s application?” Casey asked

“Yup” Marc was his usual straightforward self “She sounds like a juvenile delinquent who never did hard time”

“She sounds like a kid who needs a chance,” Claire chimed in “She was bounced from foster home to foster home and spent a lot of time on the streets”

“I have to agree,” Patrick said “I know she’s got a juvie record, and that would norht off But in this case—her parents died in a plane crash when she was eight There were no relatives to take her in So she spent ten years in the systeh”

“And we’re not exactly squeaky clean ourselves,” Marc colanced at Patrick “Other than you, Special Agent Lynch”

“Not so

much anymore,” Patrick retorted “You’ve corrupted me”

The whole group chuckled

“Yeah, we’re thea phrase froirl has a brain, I’ to cut her some slack”

“So you’ll do more than that”

“I wouldn’t count on it I still think a virtual assistant would be the best choice” Ryan held up both paluet this show on the road”

Right on cue, the doorbell sounded

“Applicant number twenty-seven has arrived,” Yoda announced

“Punctual” Casey glanced at her watch “Okay, Yoda, go ahead and let her in” She interlaced her fingers on the table in front of her “Oh, and, Yoda? Leave out the applicant number when you announce her Just stick to her name Applicant twenty-six nearly took off when you made that reference Let’s not scare off applicant twenty-seven It’s starting to sound like we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel and each one of the for perfection and can’t find it”