Subject: Re: Depths.
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Posted on: 2011-06-29 21:28:00 UTC

As far as Suicide knew, Jenni hadn't been a Potterverse native. But if she'd been there when she had her crisis, and only found the PPC after . . . hmmmm. More to her than met the eye, it seemed, though Suicide wasn't exactly shocked by that. Her hand was smooth, with just a hint of callus on a couple of the fingertips--probably from too much time spent subduing self-destructive canons and possessed agents.

"Sordid's just another word for 'fun' as far as I'm concerned," he said, offering her another crooked grin. "But you gotta be careful talking about it, because the Universal Laws of Irony probably don't appreciate a PPCer with a dramatic-type backstory." He shot a glance at the ceiling, as if checking for gathering ominous clouds or lightning about to strike them. "Nothing so far, but better safe than sorry."

He didn't miss the change in her expression at the mention of her son. His upbringing told him that an adopted child was considered blood, but he couldn't quite wrap his head around adopting what was effectively a combination of Harry Potter and Snape. Still . . .

"Fair warning," he continued. He wasn't quite deadly serious, and he didn't quite know how to phrase things, but if he was going to talk to Jenni any further then he had to suck it up and touch on a serious topic that he normally didn't have anything to do with. "You probably should know that I know nothing about kids. Except Ar--you know, the Sue kids--or the young rankers, and I'm pretty sure you don't want anyone pushing yours into a tree to toughen 'im up." Was that gauche? His mental Diocletian was oddly silent on that point. "But I know Ilraen likes him, and as far as I can tell, the fuzzy centaur's got good instincts. He sounds like a good kid."

Falling silent a little awkwardly, Suicide shot another glance at the ceiling. Y'know, just in case. PPC headquarters tended to be vindictive when it came to seriousness.

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