Instead, I said something else, let's not rush, shall we?
"You tap your pen against your desk when you're thinking. Always three times, always the same rhythm. You take your coffee with exactly two sugars but you tell people you take it black because you think it sounds more professional. And when you're really stressed, you organize things that are already organized—I watched you alphabetize a stack of folders that were already alphabetical."
Her mouth was slightly open. "I don't—"
"You did it twice. Once with the folders. Once with the pens in your drawer."
"Those pens were not—" She stopped. Frowned. "Okay, maybe they were already organized. But they weren't organized correctly."
"There's a correct way to organize pens?"
"By ink color, then by barrel color, then by brand."
"Charlotte."
"What?"
"That's insane."
"That's efficient."
"Those are not the same thing."
