I understand.

[He sighs heavily.]

I'll speak with her and see if I can find out what's going on.

[If it's the Blight getting to her already, for instance. It's not like he can tell Nate that one of his choices for promotion is already doing the opposite of inspiring confidence, not when Anders had been as upset as he was about his lack of promotion.]

Try to work with her if you can? I'm not asking for her sake, but for Nate's. I'm... biased there.