Clint's timing perhaps wasn't the best, unfortunately, he was oblivious to that. He'd gotten the idea in his head and had been a bit brash in simply moving forward with action. And as she seemed to look at him in the cross manner he often saw from her, he was feeling almost unprepared. He wasn't about to balk though. He'd put his request in motion so he surely had to see it through.

He paused at her her rebuttal. Anger rose first within him but he didn't let it show. At least, he tried not to, but there was certainly a flash in his eyes at her words. He took a moment to focus on his breathing though. It wouldn't do to yell at her even if he was feeling a bit out of sorts. Perhaps he should have waited and thought things through..

"I feel it showed an ambition to help where ever I could," he started to say, thinking on the fly and trying to see it through as best as he could, "And a compassion to help those that needed it. And my work ethic has always been strong. Though I was absent for a month, I was unaware to such a thing but continued to work hard while in the fog to do what I could. Once my report was given to the proper officials, I came directly here. Not to you exactly, but to my office to look things over." He paused just briefly, his gaze focused entirely on her to continue showing how serious he was in the matter. "I went over any and all reports left for me in my absence. I made sure to set any aside that needed further looking into and saw that the rest were handled and put away where they belong," he added, not going into specifics on Mr. Adlard again. While he liked the other man and surely thought him a good worker, he wasn't going to further emphasize that for fear of seeing her promote him into the position he was vying for instead of himself.

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