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Dr. Jannisari walked in, barely resisting the urge to crack her neck loudly. It was bad for her joints, she told herself, and she refused to be anything less than at her best form. Or something. The late nights and copious amounts of coffee probably weren't good for her. Nor were the odd working hours and sleeping in the lab. Luckily, being the head of her department meant she could pull rank and set an intern to overnight shifts. Jannisari did not do that often; it wasn't that she didn't trust interns (well...), but at least there was a couch there.

Yesterday had been one of those overnights. The samples had needed constant monitoring and babying, even though she felt awful leaving Aadhira alone. Her very bones hurt. She slipped into one of the seats, intending to order something to go - for Aadhira, too, to assuage his feelings. It was a miracle hat she managed to catch them open, despite the fact that she visited at all sorts of hours. Jannisari tucked her hair behind one ear, mess tendrils falling free around her face despite her best attempts to look put together. (She looked like she'd been up all night and hated that she knew she looked so.)

Jannisari looked up as Phoenix approached. "No, it's fine, I haven't been waiting long, Phoenix. Is Emilia off?" Usually the other girl was the one before the stand, but not today. Which was fine; everyone needed time off. Secretly, she thought the place could use more staff, but she liked being over-staffed versus under, despite the hit to profits. Before her mind could spiral off into the game of trying to estimate how Ambrosia was run, she reined it in.

"I was only going to order to-go, anyway. If I stay, I'll fall asleep in a chair."