Office Hours, March 24

[bigdamnprincipal]

The nice thing about being in charge was having an office with plenty of windows.

The not-so-nice thing about being in charge was seeing the fog that wasn't going away every time you glanced up. Also, knowing you should have answers about what was happening and not having them. That was even more unpleasant, and Zoe hoped that if anyone came by, it would be to give details, not ask for them.

[Door and post are open!]

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[bigdamnprincipal]

"You fought one of these things?" Zoe asked. "There's apparently a monkey-like creature too running around. I don't like the thought of them having powers."

[sith_happened]

"Me either," Anakin said. "I was thinking of writing a letter to whoever supplies our invasions. Do you have an address?"

Anakin occasionally labored under the impression that he was funny.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Ha ha ha," Zoe said dryly. Okay, maybe he was a little funny. "I wish I did, so I could tell them where to shove it. I wish we knew exactly what was going on so we could deal with it and be done until the next idiots decide to come over."

[sith_happened]

"But where's the fun in that?" Anakin replied with a grin.

He was weird and enjoyed punching things.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"The fun is in you not getting your butt kicked and making me have to tell Rory what happened," Zoe explained.

[sith_happened]

"Oh, she'd yell at me and not you," Anakin said breezily. "Besides a fight is so much better than just getting sick. I didn't like that week at all."

Because Zoe cared, Anakin.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Neither did I," Zoe admitted. "At least fighting is productive. But even though I don't yell at the students to stay inside and be safe anymore, I still worry about them when there's trouble."

[sith_happened]

"I still yell," Anakin admitted. "I think they take pride in trying to make my head pop off and spin around."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Like their mechanical children?" Zoe asked, smirking. "Are you sure they're not taking their feelings about you out on the babies?"

[sith_happened]

"Oh, they like me well enough until the babies," Anakin said with a grin, "but until this class, no one ever tried to eat one."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Our students are very special. And they get more special as the years go on," Zoe said with a nod.

[sith_happened]

"Makes you wonder just where those brochures are going, doesn't it?" Anakin replied.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe laughed. "I wonder about that all the time. Where could they get sent to bring in such...unique kids?"

[sith_happened]

"Prisons and mental health facilities around the multiverse," Anakin said dryly.