Complications

[tis_disapproval]

Narvin... A name I hold no great unfamiliarity with, save for vague reputation. Yet, one I am now compelled to alert.

I seem to be somewhat adhered to your charge. One Drake Stone. Much further than a small number of steps and I am overcome with illness and fatigue. Of more puzzling merit, however, is that I find him taken on as a second student

Comments

[Private]

[timesbureaucrat]

Dammit. This...whatever game the Admiral's playing, it can't last forever. I hope.

In the short term, he shouldn't be too much trouble. He's a lackey at heart, and my approach so far hasn't been to try to make him into a leader or a lone wolf, just to get him to make better choices about who he decides to follow.

But watch out for Arthas. If anyone could make Mr. Stone cause trouble, it'll be him.

Private: Writing all this out in the midst of her conversation...

[tis_disapproval]

I hardly think he's cut out for leadership, as things stand... Unless you wish to be paired with him for several decades.

Private

[timesbureaucrat]

[On the other side of the text messages, this is the face Narvin is making at the thought of being on the Barge for several decades.]

Exactly why I'm not even going to try. Besides, the universe needs lackeys. It's a perfectly valid life choice, so long as he learns to be a bit more choosey about whom he lackeys for.

Re: Private

[tis_disapproval]

'Tis a demeaning one.

[marsh_witch]

Somehow, I will carry on.

[tis_disapproval]

Your approval is not necessary.

[marsh_witch]

I wasn't offering it.

[tis_disapproval]

Precisely.