Since the Department of Applied Genetics was almost entirely labs and supply closets, they met in the third floor’s Desert Vista conference room. All meetings were mentored by members of K-J’s revered Inner Circle, most of whom were the actual department heads, as well. Because Cam had been brought in to be head of AG, but had not yet been invited to join that Inner Circle, their meetings were mentored by Assistant Director and Head of Human Resources, Genevieve Viascola. When Cam and Pecos arrived, they found everyone seated in a circle listening to Gen enumerate the causes of stress. As Pecos returned to his own seat, Cam took the only remaining one, which was immediately to Gen’s right. She paused in her lecture to welcome him dryly and direct his attention to the handout that lay on his chair. With that dignified British accent she sounded perfectly poised, but he saw the anger in her eyes and knew there’d be reprisals. He spotted Lacey McHenry right off, sitting across the circle and flanked by his technicians Jade and Mel.
