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Jake was not exactly in the sort of mood best suited to a day like this. Not because of the nature of it - actually, he very much enjoyed the outdoors, and being active, had worked in teams for a long time, and was by now extremely used to mixing with others (reasonably well too). Very much the extrovert. No, nothing to do with that.
It was the kids. Always the kids. The situation was better than it had been only a couple of weeks ago, in that at least he had one back home again, and had spoken to the other, in a sense. Still not ideal, still walking a proverbial tightrope; one still clearly struggling, and the other still missing, as far as he was concerned, and Merlin only knew how the boys were handling things at school. Felt all kinds of wrong just being here, even though there was unlikely to be any progress he, personally, could make elsewhere. And this being his... uh... job, and everything.
Brushing his raffle ticket over his knuckles, Jake glanced at his watch for the twenty-seventh time and tried not to look as preoccupied as he was, only succeeding in wearing a much more serious frown than usual. He stood a short distance from where the food was laid out, trying to decide if he was hungry enough just yet, when a question from one of the Ministry employees (TiaMarie) caught his attention.
That was something he could answer, and Jake forced his expression to clear (suddenly having become aware of the frowning situation, yikes) before responding. "There's a slim chance, I suppose, if one flew itself here. Nothing with winged horses is on the agenda for today, I'm afraid." Sorry to disappoint. Maybe one of the other employees had flown here via winged horse; you never know. The Ministry hired all sorts.
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