001. she puts the "jet" in jetsetter. // open post

[fastenough]

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[fastenough]

[As expected. Not that she had wanted it that way. It kind of sucks, this heavy talk.

But it also needs to get done.]

If you're thinking that there could have been something that you or any of your blade mates could have done, don't.

[She's been exposed to a lot of blades, and done her fair share of mentorship. You might want to take her word for it.]

[larue]

[ He knows better than to challenge you, Mrs. Young. There is a reason, after all, that he was floored nervous, excited when Gabriel told him that he was going to be sent to mentor under you. ]

Working on it, ma'am. [ Forgive him, if the smile he tries to send your way is a little wan. His chest's feeling a little tight again. ]

I guess I'm just scared. [ A beat. ] For her.

[fastenough]

I'm not going to tell you not to be. [It's Arcadia. Everyone loses something by going there and staying too long.] But I will tell you that for the moment? It's out of your hands, and she's in much better company there than what was possible for Changeling Keepers just fifty years ago.

[Brighter sides, and pragmatic ones. Two things Mica Torillo-Young is great at focusing on.]

[larue]

[ There's a quiet, wan smile tugging at the corner of his mouth now. ]

Thanks, Mica.

[ Some people might not say that that's not much by way of reassurance. But it's kind of a lot for him. ]

[fastenough]

No problem. Can't have the handsome, young head of Human Resources looking like his world is ending.

[ ...That's a joke, by the way.

Mostly. ]

[larue]

[ That's prompting a laugh from his end. It's soft, but it's an indicator of how his mood's improved, even a little. ]

Thanks, boss.

[ He's only ever called Gabriel Marlowe that, apparently it now also applies to you. ]