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Zoe's Office Hours - September 6

Zoe sat in her office, writing a series of memos to the powers that be on the school board. As nice as it was having a skeleton staff in the office occassionally, using them always resulted in a number of forms that had to be filled out after the fact. (Bills for spare bones? Honestly, that was just unnecessary.)

The door was open for anyone who needed her.

[I figure this goes without saying most days, but it's important today: the radio can say who came by, but not what was discussed.]

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Zoe's eyes lit up as a number of things about his attitude suddenly clicked into place. "That's not exactly recent for me, but I know my war history. No wonder you don't enjoy being called a murderer."

"It was a little bit of an unpleasant deja vu," John admitted wryly. "And it may have made me overreact a little."

"How so? You came to talk to me to check the rules about student protests. That seems like a fair reaction," Zoe pointed out.

"I... didn't actually threaten him, but I used an analogy with him being killed," John admitted. He slumped a little lower in his seat. "In my defense, he'd just invoked and belittled-- completely without knowing or meaning to -- my wife's memory and her death so I wasn't exactly thinking at my coolest."

Zoe thought about how she would feel if someone spoke badly about Wash, and sighed softly at the sick feeling she got. "I can understand that, more than you realize. At least you understand that Blair didn't mean it. He's one of the few students we have who doesn't seem to have suffered any kind of loss in his life. I think there's simply things he just doesn't understand yet."

"Not to mention the overabundance of idealism," John said dryly. He sighed. "I'm sure he's a good kid at heart," he said then smiled slightly. "I'll even try to remember that the next time I see him."

"Good luck with that." Zoe smiled. "As long as you don't turn him into an animal, you'll be doing better than some of my previous teachers."

John blinked. "Ah. That might explain the rather surreal conversation I had with a couple of my students in class about wereponies."

"Yes, there were some interesting approaches to discipline taken last semester. But it's quite all right if transfiguration isn't your style."

"I've never had to resort to casting spells for discipline; I'm hopeful that trend won't be broken."

"I hope so too," Zoe replied. "I've always argued that detention is best. Of course, if you ever feel like running a detention, you can take the students through one of your poltergeist scenarios."

"A poltergiest with a penchant for protesters?" John chuckled. "I'll keep it in mind."

"Oh good. We need more creative detentions," she said with a smirk.

John stood. "I should let you get back to your work. Thanks for the clarification."

"You're very welcome," she replied. "If you ever need anything else, feel free to stop by, and I'll see if I can help."

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