<strong>Location</strong>: The Ritz-Gospel Hotel (First Haven, Watcher’s Island). Conference Hall 01<br/><strong>Date</strong>: 5 January 2099. Monday<br/><strong>Time</strong>: Morning<br/><strong>Who</strong>: Afia Durrani<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Afia barely resisted a visual cringe as she heard her own name called. She couldn't very well avoid this one. She tried to do her best to keep a sympathetic face as she began to speak, it wasn't hard to avoid looking happy, but it was a little more difficult to keep from seeming visibly angry or frustrated. However, once she began speaking, she, to her own surprise, managed to keep a level tone and kept herself together, "While I certainly echo Tianran's wish that we could do more, however those policies are in place for a reason. The Grigori are powerful weapons, and to send them in too soon would cause more damage than it would prevent. It is important for us to think of when is the best time to deploy our Grigori to both maximize their effectiveness and minimize the collateral damage. To put it another way, you wouldn't use artillery to solve a hostage crisis. Rest assured, however, ADAMS continues to do all it can to save as many lives as possible from the demons and their spawn, and to further ourselves towards a day when we will no longer live in fear of them."<br/><br/>The truth was, she did wish they could be deployed sooner. She knew the risks and the dangers, but she also knew first-hand the sort of damage demons could inflict, and it tore her up just thinking about people being killed by those monsters as she sat around doing Q&A. She knew it would risk lives to go in prematurely, but she wasn't sure the math really added up in favor of them waiting. Lives were being lost either way. Still, she knew this wasn't the place to argue with policy. She had to be a good little soldier and tout the company line. All she would accomplish by speaking her mind here would be to risk her career, and what good would that do? She couldn't fight the demons without a Grigori, and ADAMS had something of a monopoly on that particular industry.