( Pontius / Week one of the Kalavria Summit / @aitetenax )
Zeus bumps into Aite outside the ballroom, after his own ‘News and Tech’ presentation with Aphrodite. “Oh! Hello!” He smiles, shifting gears quickly out of the adrenaline high from being in front of so many people, the cool focus of it all, and into Charming Employer mode. “Aite, how nice. I didn’t know Nagging Nemean was branching into tech?”
Truthfully, Zeus doesn’t consider the possibility that Aite herself might be interested in the topic; to be fair, he doesn’t really consider Aite much in general. He’s spent enough time in the entertainment industry to get a read on its people pretty quickly, and had seen nothing in Aite in those first few hiring meetings beyond those big, blinking eyes, the vapid smile. The enthusiasm for her– seemingly quite shallow– little gig she’s got going. Nagging Nemean. The title speaks down to itself; it was one of his few comments, when the idea was pitched to him. But his people assure him it ‘tested well with the young crowd’, and who is he to question the tastes of youth?
“Did you enjoy the presentation?” He puts his hands in his pockets, leaning into a casual pose. Attempts to shift his focus to Ms. Tenax, and away from the small talk of the milling crowd leaving the ballroom, the little streams of murmured remarks between companions and colleagues about the presentation they just saw. He’s sure he’ll hear all about it tonight, what everyone thought, over dinner and drinks. “I hope you found it interesting?” What he really thinks is, I hope you weren’t too bored, but he’s polite enough not to say it. “Aphrodite is quite sharp at giving an interview. A shame we didn’t snatch her up for a show of her own before Poseidon got to her, hm?”