["All this time"? He'd argue he's the only one who tried something different after two failures of "picking someone who's similar to him", and the rest was just another repeat of the first week. But Brenner just arches his brow and lets that drop for now, latching onto the suggestion instead.]

Do you approve of how they complement each other?

[Again, the same strategy. But. Sure, why not. They've been left clawing for anything they can get, anyway.]

Their career paths were brought up during the ceremony itself if I remember correctly.