Albert waited, one eyebrow raised in anticipation of whatever it was that he was going to get from Mr. Neves. It was nice to hear he wasn't interested in airing personal business his first day or complaining about office politics, although Albert wondered if his new employee was going to be particularly difficult to know.

"Fine, fine. Now then... I was hoping to tell you a bit about your job, and then get you settled. There's a desk for you in the outer office if you want, but you can tell me what you think might work best. Ostensibly, you serve a dual purpose in this office. You run errands and take care of many of the small tasks that can keep me from doing the heavy lifting in my job - setting up meetings, organizing my schedule, some event and meeting planning, and so on. That's the easy part, to be honest. The other purpose you serve in this office will be, in time, to gain the trust and respect of myself and your peers so that you are able to speak for me with authority in situations it is warranted. In setting up meetings, you will be able to commit my time and attention because you have confidence that the project is worthy of those things." It seemed like a lot, but Albert had hand-selected Mr. Neves and felt strongly the young man could handle it.

"Let's say... if Mr. Isaacs is my right hand - he runs this office in its entirety and without my interference in order to support the work I want to see done, then you are my left hand - you are my presence in the rest of the Ministry and allow me to focus on the big picture. Any questions so far?" Because if not, they'd just move on to the current tasks assigned to Mr. Neves.