When I arrived back to my room I sat at my desk with the new work laptop and accepted the orientation. A prompt opened. "Please place your headphones on."
I reached for the new headphones that came with the laptop they looked noise cancelling.... cool!
When I clicked through a video started.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Amber and I'm the scientific advisor at InBeta. We're so happy you've joined us. I oversee all of the mentor/mentee program. And I'm proud to say I've personally mentored over fifty members into our company. I'd like to start today's orientation with a relaxation exercise. A small ball will expand and contrast on the screen I'd like you to begin by matching you're breathing to the ball for five minutes. Concentrate on only your breathing. Then we'll begin the video relaxation."
Well this was fucking dumb, but whatever might as well do it.
I followed the breathing pattern.... after a minute it was instilled in me. I had almost forgot Dr. Amber was on screen but then I noticed she was staring directly in the camera.... staring at me... I locked eye contact and couldn't look away...