Digging

Jeff went to Clare and prepped her for the conversation she would be having with Ted in ten minutes.

“I certainly don't think he's lazy or dispassionate,” Jeff explained. “So there aren't any questions about hunger.”

Clare completed the thought. “And he knows how to read people and get them to like him, so he's definitely smart enough. Which means that humility is the only question, and it sounds like he hasn't done anything to make us think—”

Jeff interrupted her. “No, he hasn't. But he hasn't done anything to make me think he is humble, either.”

Clare frowned. “What would that look like?”

“I don't know. In fact, I'm not exactly sure what humility is.”

Clare smiled. “Well, that might be a small problem.”

Jeff agreed. “I know. It's ...

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