[ On the one hand, he is too smart to be joking. On the other hand, he is too smart not to be joking. The result ends up being Claire leaning back and fixing him with a suspicious look. ]

I'm onto you. [ And also she doesn't think that he is joking. The idea sounds familiar, like she heard it somewhere once before and got rid of it because it's easier to think of the manticores like actual monsters and not warped and distorted version of people who walked and talked and smiled and sat together just like they are. ] I do like the internship idea. I was thinking about maybe talking to some department heads and seeing what they thought of it, maybe putting some kind of program in place.

[ Still with the shifty eyed look in his direction. ]