She didn't try to keep the cart from him. Instead she sat there staring blankly at a spot in the table most likely having a silent panic attack right there in his office. Why hadn't she thought about blaming a malfunction? Perhaps today of all days Ona wasn't ready to be sharp on the dot with her reactions... perhaps she assumed he'd know she was lying anyways. Her imagined version of herself on this day was a complete train wreck barreling through. She wouldn't have believed herself if she were him. 

Her eyes snapped up as he began explaining the chart and for a moment, her chest softened, allowing air to return to her lungs... that was only a chart of today... today. How silly she was that she'd forgotten to even look at the time line along the bottom. She'd readily assumed that it was a time line of the last month, or several months even... but no, it was today. The pressure lifted off of her so quickly that she became light headed. [color=a187be]"My apologies sir, I misread the time line... of course I'm stressed this morning... we're conducting interviews today. I'm always anxious to ensure that I perform at my peak when the stakes are so high for the company. I want to make sure that we are only hiring the best of the best for our team here."[/color] A smile easily graced her lips as it wasn't even a lie. She was sure that if he pulled data of other interview days, she would show increases in stress levels then as well... maybe not as high as today seeing as how she'd had little to no sleep, and hadn't gotten the opportunity to properly prepare herself this morning, but increases. There was no reason for nit picking the difference between spikes was there? 

[color=a187be]"I assure you there's no problem. I'm quite fine to continue my work. I'll make sure I go to bed early tonight when I get home so that I'm refreshed and exhibiting normal levels in the morning."[/color] She hoped that it was enough to reassure him. After all, what did they expect? She suspected that if she went through those files, more than half of his staff was exhibiting stress considered above normal levels. That was life. Live it or die.