18 - Future history

[no_fastolfe]

[Necessarily generous friends filter: if you've had one non-hostile conversation with her, you're on it.]

I have graduated. [She still sounds kind of surprised about this, a little lost.]

In three days I will be leaving to visit some of my friends who have left the barge, and to return to my household on Aurora to implement what I have learned. In the meantime, I would like to see you again. Many of you have been important to me.

[It's stiff and formal, since she still doesn't know exactly how and what to say, how to convey how important her friends have been.]

Comments

[shortsightedlove]

[He smiles.] I wouldn't be too sure that there is no one. I once thought the same thing about people opposing the Pythia -- and I did eventually lead the revolution.

Since you still have two centuries, it might be wise to take your time, though.

[no_fastolfe]

[She shakes her head.] The decades seem so brief, at times. But by the time I have managed to find him-- last he was on Earth, and I must cultivate contacts there, for I have none-- there may be little enough time left.

Yet- better to have purpose!

[shortsightedlove]

Indeed. Could you not try to have your... former warden request information on him? He might just give it to you.

[no_fastolfe]

[That earns a wry smile.]

Believe it or not, Lord Rassilon, it is a matter I do not want the Admiral's interference in. Not unless there are promises in place! If I return as a warden, then I will ask.

[shortsightedlove]

[He raises a brow.]

It is your decision of course; I am generally of the opinion that one should use the resources available -- and the Admiral is, in the end, nothing but another resource.

But you are entertaining the idea of returning?

[no_fastolfe]

I am. But there are few enough inmates and many wardens. I must think of how long I am willing to wait. [Practical.]

[shortsightedlove]

There's no reason not to try, is there? As long as you're here none of the time you spent waiting is actually wasted -- and considering the Admiral's rather peculiar logic when sorting you may get one just after your return.