Office Hours

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[Compared to the other two, Oswald is much more difficult to get time with. He only appears on school grounds on Tuesdays and Sundays.

Nonetheless if you're determined... he can be found. Most of that time is spent hovering around the Faculty Office. It's almost like the Entrance Exam made him anxious of just walking around freely or something...]

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And yet I’ve done both.

[So maybe he’s a harder read than people have taken him for?]

That is, unfortunately, exactly the problem. And so here we are.

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[ Buddy, that's weird. ]

Well, shit. Here we are.

[ What does he even say to that. ]

Thanks for the, uh. Thanks for the offer, I guess. And y'know, for not killing me.

[ Hank pats the folded up number in his pocket. ]

Maybe I'll give you a ring. Hope you don't mind late calls.

[ Because even if you do, Hank will call you. ]

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You're an Apprentice. I assure you we value your lives more than you might believe.

[He chuckles.]

Not at all. I'm a bit of an insomniac myself.

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You got a fucking weird way of showing it, Hale.

[ Easy to see why Todd is the man in charge, though. He could charm the scales off a snake, playing so nice like this. ]

Good to know.

[ He pauses. ]

One last thing. Have you been talking to Connor?

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I apologize, but sometimes it’s easier to be hated than to chase after everyone’s approval.

[At least this he doesn’t seem willing to budge on.]

...we’ve spoken once, yes. Not many people work so hard to track me down. And yet he managed.

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That's a choice, sure.

[ Hank shrugs. If Hale wants to run things like that, it's on him. ]

Yeah, he's real insistent like that. Once he latches on, he just won't let go.

[ He's good like that. But that isn't why Hank brought him up. ]

Anyway, I might be shit, but Connor's a good kid. I told him to watch my back, so he will. This won't happen again, long as he's alive.