[His head tilts the tiniest bit to the left, as if he were examining a work of art and found something interesting in it. There are patterns on the doors worked into the gold - but that doesn't really seem to be where his attention lies.]

I imagine you could not have missed our creed above the door.

[He lets that hang there for a moment.] But if you refer to our procedures... [With this, he finally turns, eyes falling upon her with the same level of unnerving scrutiny] you would pledge yourself to a squiring period to learn how it is we operate. During this time, you would be challenged, certainly, but allowed the opportunity to decide whether you wished to continue into full service.