Ms Higgins:
[LAUGHS] It’s so weird. Like it’s all weird.
Ms Maiden:
I don't understand why Linda things that she should tell Daniel that you were sexually assaulted. What’s Daniel’s last name, Daniel?
Ms Higgins:
Daniel Try.
Ms Maiden:
T-R-Y?
Ms Higgins:
Yeah. He like also works in PMO. It’s a weird incestuous place.
Ms Maiden:
Okay. Are they Christians?
Ms Higgins:
[NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE]
Ms Maiden:
They're all Christians. Anyway, so he said to you ... Did he say to you, I understand that you were sexually assaulted?
Ms Higgins:
No, he said I had heard what happened to you in Linda Reynolds' office, I'm so sorry. He was quite ... Like you could tell that he was like freaking out.
Ms Maiden:
Upset.
Ms Higgins:
Yeah. And he said ...
Ms Maiden:
But.
Ms Higgins:
He said, yeah, pretty much. And he was like, they're sending someone up from Linda Reynolds’ office, would you like me to be in the room with you? And I was like, yes, witness, you're coming with me.
Ms Maiden:
But why? I don't understand why are you being ... Oh, okay, keep telling the story, yep.
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