@visionlcss ( shizuko! ) | call
"this job will probably be much easier than the secretary work that you'd had to do within the fatui. just make sure the fields are all filled out, and everything sounds reasonable to you."
this would at least reduce his workload. while most scholars took care to phrase their proposals carefully, there were always a few upstarts who tried to rush their work into approval. al-haitham could spend less time sorting through forms, and more time thinking about their possibilities, and hopefully that'd get more of his workload done in a day.
turning to shizuko, he added, "for the most part, everything should be written clearly, or at least to where you can get the general point of the proposal. you're entirely free to reject it or set it aside for me to look over if you're unsure of something."
he'd prefer that she reject anything that wasn't clear to her, but al-haitham decided that allowing her to check in with him wouldn't hurt. he was, essentially, shizuko's manager now. he was responsible for helping her growth, although this was more of a favor to the traveler.












