[ It was a close victory, one that Ayame honestly feels guilty of winning at the same time of feeling really relieved that she and Gale did actually win. It's a thought she quickly dismisses even as she waits for the other applicants.

Once Kiritsugu arrives at the Holodeck's lobby, Ayame creates a portal to the projection room she's in. ]

You don't have to wait there and get in line, come in.

[ Ayame spoke from the other side, beckoning Kiritsugu over through the portal. She wasn't looking at him and fiddles with a holographic tablet instead and wearing her purple pair of fashion glasses. Once he's through, she looks up from her tablet and does a double take, lowering her glasses to look at Kiritsugu with her naked eye. She hums to herself, noticing how he's cleaned up his suit immediately. Maybe it was her tailoring experience that made her notice it so quickly, or the fact she's seen him with scruffy old suits before. Or both. Either way, seeing him like that made him smile a little ]

Given this is an interview for Guardianship, I assume you brought a weapon?

[ She has a stack of Aster Tech and Nexus Defense weapons somewhere that she could and would let him use. She needs to know how he is with higher-tech firearms ]