The soothing smell of Canterlotian Tea would have betrayed the tension in the air.

Then again, it always did in the Foundation. Any thing that may seemed calming seem to only intensify the tension that always hanged in the air when anypony, or more accurately any creature, was called upon to meet their superiors.

Researcher Twilight Sparkle, in her early years, is called upon by the local Ethics Committee Liaison... for a meeting over Canterlot Tea...

To discuss of Ethics.