Quinn kept that smile as she settled back down. It felt...[i]weird[/i]. It felt weird, and off, and not quite real, like it was more part of a mask than it was her real face. But, she knew, she needed to keep that mask on in front of the camera. This was [i]important.[/i] The Board was already upset with her, she just knew it. She didn't even want to [i]think[/i] about what they'd do if she messed up her first ever interview. So she needed to try [i]really, really hard.[/i]

Of course, it wasn't [i]entirely[/i] an artifice, and it grew even less so as she took a bite of that salmon that she loved so much. She closed her eye rapturously for a few seconds as the flavors exploded in her mouth, and it took all of her self control to not destroy half of it in two bites. "[color=ffe63d]You know,[/color]" she said offhandedly, "[color=ffe63d]they've got yuzu soda up there. I don't really know what a yuzu is, but it goes [i]super[/i] good with the salmon![/color]"

A moment more of chewing and then another question came at her. She couldn't help it; she laughed a little at how unexpected it was. Not the kind of laugh that she'd affect if she'd had the choice; it was underscored with tension, with the same worry and pain that tended to lie beneath her voice most of the time. She cut herself off quickly, hoping it wasn't too obvious. Still, what a question. She'd expected a bunch of questions, but never one about the [i]hair[/i]. So she took another bite, looking up at the ceiling as she thought.

"[color=ffe63d]You know, I've...never actually thought about it.[/color]" She reached around behind her head and tapped on the topmost plug. "[color=ffe63d]I need to pull it out of the way so I can plug myself in, so I usually just...[/color]" She picked up the braid and lifted it over her head a few inches before it fell backwards again, "[color=ffe63d]Pull it up so it falls over the back of the chair like this.[/color]" Leaning back, she made a show of thinking before going on. "[color=ffe63d]But I guess it must flop around when I'm connected, huh?[/color]" 

She laughed again. This time she covered all the messy stuff up. People didn't want to hear that. It sounded a [i]little[/i] strained, but nobody would notice, right? "[color=ffe63d]Guess it's lucky that it's never come undone up there, huh? It'd get [i]everywhere![/i][/color]"