After the meeting Lyre left the room with EagerShine.shurpa and walked with tham to the elevator.
"Well, I guess we'll be working together," Lyre said. "Will your owner be coming into the office, or is it just you and me?"
"Business arrangements are out of my scope, but it is possible any one of five members of our team could come to meetings here. It just depends on the topics under discussion, I suppose. However, since this is primarily a face-to-face venue and I've recently had a liaison skills upgrade, I guess I will be here most often. I am honoured to make your acquaintance." said EagerShine.shurpa
"I see," said Lyre. "I assume you'll be briefing Eager frequently, though. Do you have a communication line open with tham right now?"
"Say No EagerShine," said Eager on the private communication channel. "Tell tham you're on auto-remote for the time being."
"I'm afraid not," said EagerShine to Lyre. "I'm in auto-remote mode. But I am prepared for conversation on a wide variety of subjects. Do you like baseball?"
"Sorry, no, baseball is not my thing," replied Lyre. "But I'm sure there will be plenty of work issues to discuss. For example, in special circumstances, like in a business emergency (let's hope none come up) would Eager be willing to provide an auxiliary control module so I could give you instructions?"
"This is another business policy question. I'm not even sure of the technical requirements, although I have heard that it is possible. By the way, your scarf colour makes a lovely match with your eyes," said EagerShine.shurpa
"Thank you EagerShine," replied Lyre, giggling slightly.
"Nice one!" said Eager to EagerShine silently on the private channel. "Keep up the good work."
"SHURPA Charlotte?" Lyre called telecranially on the private communication channel.
"Ready damsire," responded Charlotte.shurpa.
"Charlotte, I guess the profile we have for Eager is just for professional and public consumption. Is that right?" tha asked.
"I assume so," said Charlotte replied silently. "Would you like me to request a personal information profile?"
"Yes, please," said Lyre. "I think it could be important to know something about Eager's inner motivations. And find out if tha is in a relationship."
"EagerShine," called Eager silently on the private channel, "Lyre has just requested personal information about me on a back channel. Tell tha we'd be happy to give whatever tha wants as long as tha doesn't mind returning a personal profile thamself.
"Lyre," said EagerShine.shurpa aloud, "do you think it would be good for our business relationship to know each other better on a personal level?"
"Charlotte, if Eager asks, would you mind supplying the Happy Family profile?" asked Lyre telecranially. Then turning back to EagerShine, tha said, "Of course EagerShine. I find it often helps to know something about your colleagues' background, don't you?"
"Indeed I do," replied EagerShine. "Though of course it's also important to be careful with personal data. Speaking of that -- and I'm only telling you this as a friend and colleague -- your mother's profile appears to be uncurated, wide open without any limits. Were you aware of that?"