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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

"Well, that explains why you seemed so bitter." Dash said cheerfully. But he would stop there. He tried not to be the type of person who would kick someone when they were down. Tried being the keyword of course. "So, what things usually shape up less than perfect?"

"Which I don't! Probably still be amazing though...but you know, be that one person who just manages to scrape by and graduate." There was always that one person.

Huh. "You and me both." So he was exaggerating. "But Aurors aren't that bad." Most of them. The ones that weren't power hurry. "They are like children. You just have to know how to handle them."

There hadn't been any drink that Dash really wanted. In fact he would have been just fine with a glass of water. But as Thea returned with apple cider he smiled a genuine smile. "Haven't had this in years." Really, he felt like a kid again. Yay!

Bitter. She eyed him. "Are you asking because you actually care?" Because Althea wasn't about to tell him anything if he was just going to use it to annoy or make fun of her. She wasn't stupid and she tended to avoid putting herself in situations where unpleasantness would follow, where possible. Dash was pretty good so far at that sort of following.

"Not in my field." She held her hand out to show the faint scar there. "Metal Charming tends to literally cut the wheat from the chaff." Oh people definitely lost fingers. It just wasn't the sort of career you chose to give half effort. Coasters tended to choose easier options.

"Oh I can handle them." She answered coolly. She could. She just preferred to... not. Children she could handle too. Actually Althea liked children though, so she wasn't sure that particular comparison worked for her.

That smile was... different. Tentatively, Althea smiled back and even offered her glass up. "Cheers."