[ all those other huge changes in their lives, he's taken in stride. but he's been stuck in the same place for so long, that that bit of news is actually the most surprising and jarring of all.
he actually did it? he can't even remember what he used to be like before the fleet, but he doesn't remember that guy too fondly, he seems so weak in retrospect. does that mean he brings the fleet back with him, or does he just grow a pair all over again? ]
Wh-what career change? [ he can't even pretend to be casual about this question; he's eager, excited, happy about it even without knowing where he's going (though really, where could he be going? he wouldn't leave a cushy job in catco for something completely new. it's the deo, isn't it? it's what he's told kate he was thinking about wanting months ago.) ]
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he actually did it? he can't even remember what he used to be like before the fleet, but he doesn't remember that guy too fondly, he seems so weak in retrospect. does that mean he brings the fleet back with him, or does he just grow a pair all over again? ]
Wh-what career change? [ he can't even pretend to be casual about this question; he's eager, excited, happy about it even without knowing where he's going (though really, where could he be going? he wouldn't leave a cushy job in catco for something completely new. it's the deo, isn't it? it's what he's told kate he was thinking about wanting months ago.) ]