<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>“You will be traveling alone.  The company believes you will be less likely to attracted unwanted attention on this particular mission on your own.  Also, since the company does not anticipate hostile encounters, they do not see a great need for additional operatives.  That will not be a problem for you, will it?”</strong><br/><br/>"No, sir.  Not at all," Demi answers.  In fact, she preferred it that way.  Her time spent among humans had mostly been either under someone's microscope, or trying her best to avoid them altogether.  Not that many of them wanted anything to do with her since her arrival had held consequences for their friends and colleagues.  "My concern is more in regards to my diet than any need for protection or companionship.  How long do you foresee my being on the other side?  I fed last night, so if you do not expect me to have to exert myself I should be sated for a few days."  If he was expecting her to be away longer than that, and not providing a dining partner for her, then she would have to procure one herself from the world's native population.<br/><br/><strong>“The company does not see a need to alter your current appearance.  However, if you would feel more comfortable presenting a different 'face' as it were, there is nothing in the mission statement to discourage it.”</strong><br/><br/>"No, sir.  I've become rather ... <em>comfortable</em> in this form.  If it poses no danger to this mission, than I'd rather maintain it."  She pauses a beat, both to allow Mister Blare to add anything further as well as to gather her own thoughts.  "I believe I am as prepared as I can be given the information and ready to depart whenever you are."</span>