Addition

For a private military base, this particular office was lavishly furnished. Fine Persian rugs, pottery and sculptures of ancient and priceless origins and other little not-so-subtle touches that seemed to suit the expensive tastes of Petre Sabri. Even the chairs, on the other side of his exquisite desk, reserved for visitors, each cost the same price as a compact car.

Sabrina Washington was sitting in one of those very chairs, smelling the air, which reminded her of the scent of money. From the other side of the desk, Petre was flipping through the pages of a file folder in front of him. He stood and walked towards the window behind his own chair, a throne from some dead and forgotten Sultan, no doubt. With his back to her, he cross his arms in front of his chest and spoke.

"I have read through your evaluation and I am pleasantly impressed. You have well above average scores in many fields, both natural and learned." As he turned Sabrina had been replaced with Isabella Riberio. She didn't like this office very much, reminded her too much of being home, a place she wasn't in a big hurry to go back to anytime soon. Petre turned and slowly lowered himself into his chair, and read through the folder a little more.

"Not to sound like a sexist, but I haven't seen results like this from a man in a long time, never from a woman." He looked up and straight into the eyes of Dominika Volkova. She smiled, not a happy one, but one of those you do when you can't think of anything to say, that would fit the mood or conversation. Petre paused, trying to get a read from the person in front of him, but decided he wanted this to hurry along to a quick conclusion. He stood again, walked to the window and looked out, placing his hand behind his back.

"Although an individual can be strong on their own, being part of a team can enhance the learned and natural abilities of everyone on it," he said, pause and continued, "However, sometimes changing a team dynamic can do more harm than good." He turned from the window and faced the person in the visitor's chair.

A young woman, showing obvious Asian features was looking back at him. Although she had fairly short, black hair, it was her long bangs that looked....sloppy. Dark brown eyes peered back at Petre as he asked, "Well Ms. Pho, will you add strength to this team or take away the energy from this proven, cohesive unit?"

Min-ji Pho, of South Korea, answered him with a tone of confidence that might have got a raised eyebrow response from Isabella Riberio, "I believe the team will only get better, with me as the essential addition."