One bit stuck out at her as she was listening. "Jacobi said, 'He knows potential when he sees it. And he knows how to push.'" It isn't quite a question, but it takes her a second to form one of those.

"Is that how you're looking at me?" Her potential has only ever been accepted grudgingly before; it grates on her, the idea of acceptance coming so easily now when it never has before. And she isn't sure how she feels about being pushed.