"And that will come through the proper channels. I appreciate your concern and I feel much safer with you around but please, i'm asking you to not pursue this any further." Where she more the type, Lafiel would have grabbed that outstretched hand and pulled it down to squeeze it for extra emphasis. She looked up with big pleading eyes. A career spent under the microscope had made Lafiel's need to not be favored in any way almost compulsive.