"Sure," Tony said, because he was terrible at politeness and pleasantries, especially when they came with an English accent.

"Nobody here has credentials. Nobody I'm interested in, anyway. I'm not from Darrow, and I'm not necessarily looking for anyone that is, so I'm not looking at credentials. They don't mean anything. I'm looking for ability, energy and eagerness. If you've got those, the puzzles were already your foot in the door. If you;re not interested, tell me now. I hate wasting my time when I could be doing literally anything else with it."