[ It's not that he wants to get it over with, but he can see them avoiding the topic for as long as possible, which defeats the whole purpose of this. Either way, he's glad that Weiss dove head first into it. ]

That's a good place to start. [ There's a bit of a pause as he recalls what he knows so far about Weiss. ] I'm guessing he was strict because you were the one who was going to take up the family business?

[ Something like that wouldn't have been uncommon, right? ]