She leveled her gaze at the recruits, "Stop now." Her eyes became painful to handle at the moment, so she closed them after they listened to her. And a lot of voices were whispering at their table. As if she did something bad or any good.
Once Ciana was ready to open her eyes and face Donovan, he started his outline dialogue.
"As you all know, we are here to discuss the rules," He looked at the recruits as he continued talking. "That you recruits have received to study. But first, we must get to know you." And that got half of them astounded; some were the first time exposed to many beings, so it was not new to read. As if the cycle was Donovan himself. A powerful being that can manipulate the recruits.
"I believe that the recruits here did read what is inside the book?" Donovan did not wait for one recruit to say, 'Yes, they did.' Instead, he skipped from hearing that response, "Now, let us begin the getting-to-know your name."