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Office One-and-Twenty, Tuesday

Jun 09, 2009 20:30

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tyler_back June 10 2009, 00:54:05 UTC

Annnd there was a housemate in the door. "So I have to come to work to see you these days, Eliza?"

He was fidgety, but that wasn't exactly new or unusual.

clevermsbennet June 10 2009, 00:59:33 UTC

"You could try scheduling appointments," she laughed. "Pray do come in, Tyler. There's tea on, should you like any. I suppose I've been reading far too much, of late. A shame when it's so sunny out."

tyler_back June 10 2009, 01:08:43 UTC

Tyler took a cup of tea and added a bunch of sugar. "So everything's been pretty normal for you lately?" he checked. "Just good books to read and, y'know, mutant alligators in the streets?"

clevermsbennet June 10 2009, 01:12:11 UTC

Her cheeks were turning a rosy pink; Miss Bennet did her best to ignore that. "Fairly ... ordinary," she lied, somewhat awkwardly. "I had to quite sternly lecture a student, for misbehaving in class. He claimed diminished capacity, on his part, and I allowed him to simply apologize to the other student involved."

It had only occurred to her after that story started that it led her back to unpleasant territory.

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