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it?”
    Gasping, Serena looked at Lex somewhat narrowly and asked, “How did you do that?”
    “I happened to see the bucket of paint coming, and I jumped back,” Lex explained.
    Clara responded to Joan’s earlier question. “No, Joan, the security cameras captured this just over an hour ago. The only alteration to the film was that in preparation for this meeting I clipped the relevant sections and put them together so that all of you could watch it.”
    Casey chimed in, “Yeah, Joan, plus I got to see most of it from the roof. She’s pretty quick.”
    Joan gave Casey a hard look. “So, it was you who dropped that paint?”
    “No, it was one of those idiot workmen on the roof. He really got on my nerves—”
    “Ladies, please!” Clara glared at the two of them. “Can we stick to the point here? Are all of you satisfied with the trial?”
    Joan looked over at Lex. “You did land a little clumsily.”
    Lex raised an eyebrow. “I didn’t plan to have to jump around in my business suit. If I’d known, I would have worn something else entirely.”
    Joan shrugged at Lex’s response and nodded. “Yes, I’m satisfied.”
    Serena and Casey nodded as well, and the voice from the speakers said, “Agreed.”
    Everyone began studying Lex’s folder then except for Clara, who’d brought out her laptop again to fiddle with it. Lex began to watch her image on the screen, jumping out of the way of the paint bucket again and again. She smiled after a few moments, realizing that she still could move pretty fast, even though she didn’t practice for nearly as many hours a day as she used to. Finally, she turned to look at the other women. Serena and Casey appeared to be reading the folder’s contents, while it looked as if Joan had finished. When Serena closed the folder after another few minutes, both she and Joan looked at Casey.
    “You know I can feel you staring at me,” Casey said, still reading. “Just give me a few more minutes. Sheesh, you’d think the two of you think you’re geniuses because you’re done reading already.”
    “I’m finished, as well,” came Riss’ voice from above.
    Casey growled with even more irritation, but continued reading. After a few more minutes, Casey shut her folder and looked up at Clara. Clara looked around at everyone and nodded.
    “All right,” she said, “now is your Q&A time. For Lex’s benefit, let me review the rules. You may feel free to ask whatever questions you like of Lex, but please try to keep them in the legal realm, according to what we’ve reviewed before,” she added, frowning slightly in Serena’s direction. Serena looked back at her with a bored expression.
    “Lex,” Clara continued, “although I have encouraged, and continue to encourage, sticking to interview questions that are legal to ask, I have to add a warning to you. You are not under any obligation to answer any question that might be asked, but please understand that our final decision on whether or not to accept you into this team will depend on the positive votes of your potential team members, three of whom you see here, and one of whom you can hear over the speakers. They may cast their votes in any way they choose and are not obligated to explain why they voted one way or another. If there is a tie here, there is one more team member you haven’t met yet who will be asked to break it. I have to warn you, however, that if the majority of the women here vote against you, we will be unable to accept you as part of the team.”
    Lex mentally sighed. I won’t be forced to answer any questions , she thought, but if I don’t answer them, I probably won’t stand a chance of getting voted onto the team. Well, hopefully they won’t ask anything too bad…
    “OK,” Lex replied, “I think I understand.”
    “All right,” Clara responded, with a nod. “Who would like to start?”
    “I would,” said Casey, raising her hand. “Where are you from?”
    Lex smiled. “I spent a little