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Demons and monsters are often mollified and silenced as easily as humans. Perhaps more so: since demons lack any sort of internet or popular press, you will rarely find several thousand of them baying for your blood at any one time. Still, I'll accept the half-favor that you have proffered, and continue my application for a position in this company."

He stands, and offers you his hand. You shake it, and thank him for his time. Then he leaves.

Finally, once the afternoon is over and all three candidates have been seen, the time comes to make your choice. Claudette Byron is a technological genius, though somewhat inexperienced in the corporate field in general. Still, should you wish to specialize in the ultra-high technology of superscience, she could be a good choice. Nemesis is an expert sorcerer, and would enable your company to specialize more in witchery, though recruiting him would also entail some acceptance of his unethical activities; perhaps he would bring unwelcome attention to MetaHuman, or perhaps you could succeed in modifying his behavior before such an event takes place. Jon-Tarr is somewhere between the two, and could conceivably focus your company on witchery or superscience, though perhaps not as efficiently as either of the two specialists. Still, Jon-Tarr is largely an unknown element, which itself implies a degree of risk.

Remember that you may view the three candidates' profiles in the Stats Screen.

It takes a while, but at last you are firm on your choice. You page your assistant, Robert Leach, and ask him to contact one of the candidates with a formal job offer.