The meeting with Hunter had been rather brief--apparently his new job was simple enough, and he hadn't realized it--and Ethan was just about ready to start wrapping up when another maintenance employee walked in. His first act as supervisor? Helping someone out.

"Hello, did you need something?" he asked, striding over to the woman. She seemed young, but not much younger than himself--Ethan being 23, not many people in the Ministry would be younger than him. Her apparent youth wasn't surprising, as most of the younger applicants to the Ministry went to Maintenance first. He could see a certain mischievous gleam in her eye that reminded him all too much of Ezekiel, but he figured he could probably handle it, especially given that he hadn't yet killed his own parasite of a son. Well, introductions were apparently in order. "I'm Ethan Lennox, maintenance supervisor. That's Hunter Phillips, he's the other supervisor." Ethan extended a hand welcomingly toward the woman, his smile hopefully being inviting. "I don't bite. At least, not that I know of. Maybe if provoked..." he added jokingly, though he sounded rather thoughtful toward the end. Perhaps he actually would bite if provoked. Either way, there goes a first impression...