Tense conversation.

[Kate isn't surprised. She's mostly just repeating it in the flattest tone possible to try to ... hide that.]

And I'm not surprised that she's unhappy. She's hardly the only one here. I met someone the other day. I'll see if he wants help with this, or if he's been called in yet. We might be able to get some clients out of this.

[Which is opportunistic, but—]

Which is mostly to help us establish ourselves better. Of course.