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

[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.