Sadly, yes. [Ema smiles in a manner that's somehow half-apologetic, yet half still amused. She doesn't really understand being that altruistic either, but...well, something has to be done.
Keeping right along with the new attitude Charlotte takes up when she sits down, Ema leans against the desk, a hand to her chest as she shakes her head.]
It's terrible, isn't it? That they think he's the kind of man that pushes his most faithful employees' noses to the grindstone. And nobody's doing anything about it, either...rumours only get more powerful the longer they spread unchecked, you know?
[Hanako tilts her head slightly - it's not quite looking up, but it's more attentive listening than they were getting, so Ema will take it as progress.]
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Keeping right along with the new attitude Charlotte takes up when she sits down, Ema leans against the desk, a hand to her chest as she shakes her head.]
It's terrible, isn't it? That they think he's the kind of man that pushes his most faithful employees' noses to the grindstone. And nobody's doing anything about it, either...rumours only get more powerful the longer they spread unchecked, you know?
[Hanako tilts her head slightly - it's not quite looking up, but it's more attentive listening than they were getting, so Ema will take it as progress.]