"Well, your opinion."

"Civility, please, Overseer Six, thank you."

He looks away from her and shakes his head a little.

"I'd be more than willing to take a chance on an anomalous researcher, my concern is that she's a graduate student."

"As student proposals to study 682 go it strikes me as measured and prudent."

"I think a measured and prudent graduate student wouldn't ask to cross test with 682 in the first place."

"I see the argument," Four says.  "But frankly I was more impressed with her proposal than some of the cross test proposals we've approved recently."

"Mm, concurred."

"Huxtable was willing to sign off on this, I think that says a lot."

"Does Seven have comments, or shall we vote?"

NO COMMENT.

(Seven does not actually attend Overseer meetings in person; they only communicate with the world outside their safe house by Morse code.)

"Very well then.  In the vote to approve Charlotte Fiftythree's graduate thesis proposal to psychologically profile SCP-682, using her secondary anomaly to pacify it for the purpose of conducting interviews, Overseer One votes yea."

"Overseer Two votes yea."

"Overseer Three votes yea."

"Overseer Four votes yea."

"Overseer Five... mm, abstains."

"Overseer Six votes nay."

OVERSEER 7 ABSTAINS

"Overseer Eight votes nay."

"Overseer Nine votes yea."

"Overseer Ten votes nay."

"Overseer Eleven abstains."

"Overseer Twelve votes nay."

"Overseer Thirteen votes yea."

"Very well, with six yeas, four nays, and three abstentions, the project is approved."