Richard held eye contact for a few moments, then broke it and scanned the faces of everyone else in the room. "This is not material, " he said. "Devin and I are not going to be generating intellectual property . And neither is it some kind of a brainstorming or strategizing effort in which we will be wanting ideas and input from amazingly bright and helpful people whose job it is to supply that. No record of the conversation needs to be made." Richard could see people’s faces falling as he ticked his way down the list. Finally he looked back at Devin. "I’ll see you in the trailer," he said, "just for old time’s sake."