For the next 15 minutes, while they were waiting for their food, Director Graham and Ms. Claire engaged in a back-and-forth discussion about compensation for the incident.
Don had initially thought that the situation would be over after a simple apology and that the dinner was already a way for Director Graham to apologize, but Ms. Claire was incredibly strict, blunt, and professional.
Now, being his lawyer, she immediately sought to bring him some benefits from the situation. From what she was suggesting to Director Graham, Don could see that what she wanted for him was not to gain money from this but increased benefits from the organization, which would help Don on his hero journey.
From Director Graham's responses, Don could see that even he understood that, and thus his attempts at offering money and benefits outside the organization instead.
