There's something I find very unsettling about the language used here too and the way Kris is talking to Esther. It's the kind of thing I'd expect to see in some kind of workplace training seminar about 'how to handle confrontation'; all the 'Great point!' and the stuff about 'going to bed with smiles on our faces'. Like if you had told me ChatGPT had written that I would not be surprised. It's weird and icky.
Also, entirely disingenuous.