Emilia listened intently, her eyes trained on her. As Mary got into the swing of her answer she shifted slightly in her seat, swallowed hard, but otherwise purposefully kept her face neutral. The change in tone, however, and her final remarks, elicited a twitch of a smile – one genuine enough to give away that she was pleased at something even if it wasn't necessarily a shared belief or evidence of the empathy Mary was speaking to.
"Excellent." Her eyes glanced down at her notes. "This position will requires a lot of interaction with reoccurred citizens and their concerns, speaking to the press, community leadership... how comfortable are you with those responsibilities?"