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Library, [01/09]

Jono was perhaps a bit distracted today as he went about his duties in the library, straightening out this and that, making certain that the displays were all in order, checking for overdue books and, failing all of that, dusting.

And if he just so happened to be lingering in sections that had books on things like demonic possession, well, that was purely coincidence, really.

Truly.

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//Hardly working,// Jono replied, his tone something edging onto pleasant as he turned to face Jacob. //Back to th'realm of bipedal and sentient, I see, mate.//

He'd missed Jake. So sue him.

"Yeah, and I'm not complaining," Jake wrinkled his nose. "Turning into a wolf, I can handle. Being a stuffed one? Boring... and annoying."

//I can imagine you'd be thankful to be free of worry about being dropped in th'snow,// he noted, his expression finding something a bit like a smirk. //But it looks like you've survived, at any rate. There are worse fates.//

"Yeah, thanks for your help with that one," Jake made a face at Jono. "I really appreciated it."

//I was busy trying to tame th'savage beast with hot chocolate at th'time,// Jono pointed out, still something quite bemused. //You'd been dropped and retrieved by th'time I'd returned, mate. Nothing I could have possibly done to spare you that indignity, was there?//

Nothing at all. Except, perhaps, for dragging poor Rosalind to that show in the first place.

"And now I want to see Rosalind's reaction to you calling her a savage beast," Jake snorted with a shake of his head.

Jono raised his eyebrows a little, considering that.

//I imagine she'd be partly flattered, right before giving me a decent swat on th'back of th'head.//

"Uh huh," Jake agreed before sobering a little. "How's she been doing?"

So he probably should have been asking how Jono was doing, but Rosalind was the one who was getting him worried.

//She's... been,// Jono replied, looking Jake up and down for a moment before shrugging a little. //She's told me some of what I think you might be worried about. But she's not exactly th'most forthcoming with details, really.//

"No, really?" Jake rolled his eyes at the thought and sighed. "Stupid Fandom timing. I'm starting to get the feeling she's avoiding me now."

//You know how fiercely independent she is, mate,// Jono replied, tilting his head thoughtfully. //You haven't been fussing at her, have you? I don't think she'd have any idea how to start taking it, if you have.//

He really couldn't speak for Rosalind, but he knew that when people got all fussy at him, he generally took to attempting to avoid civilization as a whole, as best as he could.

"I haven't had the opportunity to fuss," Jake pointed out. So okay, he'd hugged her which was just weird to think, but he didn't think he'd fussed. "Wanting to help and fussing aren't the same."

He was possibly justifying there.

//I suppose that depends on how you go about it,// Jono noted. //Maybe she's afraid that you will fuss. Th'gel's still trying to get around th'fact that she's got friends who miss her when they don't see her in weeks, mate. I think she needs to be eased into things like how they're also worried about her, too.//

"Yeah, I got that impression," Jake agreed. "I'll try to push her gently or something?"

He had no idea. "I don't know. Why are girls so complicated?"

//I'd blame hormones,// Jono mused, //but I'm certain I'd get a swat upside th'head for that, too.//

Because it was true.

//So I'll take th'safe route and just go with, 'they're not complicated. We're all just simple.'//

Jake snorted. "But it's so much fun to get them riled up."

//There's no denying that, mate,// Jono agreed, crossing his arms over his chest and shaking his head a little. Girls. Couldn't live with them... //And not particularly difficult, either. But getting Rosalind 'riled up' isn't going to help you help her, I don't imagine.//

"No," he agreed. "I kind of like that we haven't been arguing. I wouldn't mind sticking to it for a while longer."

Look, it was going to happen eventually. He wasn't stupid about that at least.

Between Jake and Jono, Rosalind was going to have a lot of boys picking arguments with her over this projected lifespan of hers. She'd better get used to it.

//And she's bright enough to know when yer nudging at things she'd be uncomfortable about,// he added. //That said... do you know what sort of time frame we're looking at? I'm not exactly in any hurry for anything to happen to her, either.//

"She said she had a few years," Jake said, at least grateful for that. "So there should be time figuring out how everything went. If she doesn't know already. I didn't get time to ask her too much yet."

Yet. He was going to.

//Yet,// Jono echoed. //I've been... trying. She figures that she'll train harder, and that'll make all th'difference.//

Jono was clearly not buying Rosalind Logic, in this situation.

"I figure she'll have backup and that will make the difference," Jake replied. He didn't have to ask if Jono was in, he'd already figured that one out.

//Mmm. Knowing what it is she'll stepping into would still help, though,// Jono noted. //Little point in knowing th'future if we don't know details, is there? And we can't exactly babysit her every waking moment of th'day.//

Which bothered the hell out of him. The list of people that he wanted to babysit 24/7 was about as long as his arm, by now.

"No," Jake sighed. It'd be easier to do if he was on the same floor but from a floor above it was harder to make out the sounds. Not that he would contemplate it, really. "That's why she's got to agree to let us help."

Which wasn't going to be easy and for a moment he had thought he could talk her into it, but then he'd turned plushie and now he wasn't so certain anymore. Stupid timing.

Timing was a cruel, cruel thing, indeed.

//We'll get it out of her eventually,// Jono replied, reaching to clap a hand on Jake's shoulder. //Carefully. It's more than a matter of pride, I think. We've just got to... figure it out, is all.//

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