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Arden wasn't sure if she was supposed to be here over break week. On the one hand no one had said she shouldn't show up, even if there were no classes, on the other, perhaps it was just assumed she'd realize she wasn't supposed to be here, rather than needing to be told what to do. Arden has spent a few hours before her shift started dithering about this and was going to spend the next few the same way, apparently. Eventually, she'd settled on going through the stacks and doing an audit of the books. Not all of them, of course, that was an impossible task, but checking on the books that had been borrowed since the beginning of the year, making sure they'd been returned and placed back in the correct locations.

Though, considering the size of this place, she probably should have packed some snacks before venturing off.

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Okay. Kamala was going in for a hug now. A fierce one.

"I can't help what happened to you before you got here," Kamala said. "But there are so many people on this island who care for you. And will stand up for you. And if they aren't around you just have to call me and I will be there for you in a New York minute."

Arden hugged her back, very tightly. "You're from Jersey," she teased because otherwise there'd be crying.

"Jersey minutes are much longer," Kamala said not quite letting go yet.

"Can't even get into how long Triangle minutes are," she said, happy enough to not let go. "We like to take our time in the South."

“I’m still confused about whatever the triangle is but I’ll take your word for it,” Kamala laughed.

She pulled her head back from Arden’s shoulder to look at her friend.

“I know you haven’t had the best life. But I swear to you it will get better for you. Trust me, 20 years from now you and I will look back and be so proud of who you’ve become.”

"The Triangle, North Carolina, obviously," Arden laughed, knowing that explained nothing. "And, yeah. We'll be looking back and proud of you, too. World-renowned superhero and...what do you wanna be? Like, for real?"

Superheroing wasn't a job.

“I want to be a hero. As for the rest? I’m still figuring it out. I mean my Noni is in her 80s and tells me she’s still figuring out her life,” Kamala said with a shrug. “So I’m good with that.”

"I came in thinking I might be wanna be a private investigator or something ~~because it's canon~~," Arden said. "But I'm not sure anymore. There's just...so much, you know?"

"That's the entire point of college," Kamala pointed out. "Who knows? Maybe I'd just be happy someplace as a super-powered accountant."

She immediately burst out laughing.

"Nope. Can't even keep a straight face on that one."