Attention: This the Admiral Speaking

[bargemods]

[And then the voice. Familiar, but just beyond recognition, but no hint of mockery there any longer. No cruelty, just...tired. The Admiral sounds very tired.]

My apologies for recent inconveniences. All intruders have been expelled from the ship. Repairs are being made to the hull and environmental controls. The Infirmary and all other detached

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[strangehstorian]

Welcome back, sir.

[timesbureaucrat]

I don't suppose we get some sort of recompense for our troubles?

[bargemods]

Yes. Your home is being cleaned and everything will be as it was before at no cost to you.

Oh. You wanted something more?

Private.

[expectremorse]

[Hoffman is very quiet. Very very quiet.]

The people who are gone. Who the...that bastard-who disappeared when he was in charge.

Can they come back?

[He somehow instinctively knows the answer.]

Private.

[bargemods]

They can always come back.

It's just a matter of when, and unfortunately, I don't have any control over that.

Re: Private.

[expectremorse]

[You don't have any control. But aren't you the one that makes the deals Admiral? And then there was a huge issue. Hoffman didn't expect this response.]

...They were good people. How can you say that you don't have any control? Don't you make the deals? They were two of your own and they're gone.

They helped me.

...Are they safe?

Private.

[bargemods]

It doesn't work that way.

...I'm sorry. But they're safe.

private

[justareverie]

...for what it's worth, I'm-- glad you came back. Sir.

Private

[sirius_is_a_dog]

[He isn't going to think about anything right now, least of all the fact that he missed the anniversary of his best mate's death because he was too busy playing hide and seek with the Admiral.]

Can you please bring Remus Lupin back?

Private

[bargemods]

I'm afraid I have no control over that.

Private

[sirius_is_a_dog]

Why not?