Keltham nodded along about early-application stuff, says that he needs to work out some sort of interim-contract-meant-to-be-replaced so he can get moving on that, and try to have that contract in place before anyone gets a permanent job offer.
Wants to know how Cheliax is likely to feel about sending him people on one-week tryouts while he's trying to find one thing in his memories that clearly adds value, on 300gp-for-a-week contracts like the last ones, and with probabilistic warnings about the fate of the last set of 12 applicants given their prior Intelligence and Wisdom scores.