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Startled, America just stared at June for a long moment. Then she laughed, not unfriendly. "I wasn't expecting that at all," she admitted. "Truth is, both of us are really new to this. And I think he's the same as me, in that we want help but aren't sure how to, either."

Grinning, she shook her head, "What a muddle, right? Everybody just wants to help, but we don't know enough to until it's right in front of our noses. I'd say just keep on the look out for things that are really too strange to excuse away. And telling one of us when you think we can help or at least do something."

"Some of almost did once," America admitted wryly. "That night at Blackfriars." Voice lightening a bit, she added, "There was a potluck, too. My cobbler ended up a weapon."

With a huff if laughter she went on, "There's bad parts, and they're the easiest to see. But there's good things, too. Magic is real and I wouldn't trade it away. It's selfless of you, June, to offer help with the bad without getting to see the good as well. I hope you get that chance though."

With a shrug, the girl relaxed against the picnic table. "Naw. That's just life, bad stuff is part of it. We gotta do what we can to help the good stuff out. You work at the precinct with Shun? My Uncle Junior, he's a deputy back in Florida. He always says you need a lot of good to counter even a little bad. It's important to see the bad and try to stop it, but just as much not to forget that you're there to help the good parts of things."

"Still necessary, though, right?" America, despite her gravitation toward big gestures, actions, and purpose, nonetheless appreciated the quieter acts that led to a system actually working and able to support those big important purposes. It hadn't always been that way, but recently she'd begun to feel it more deeply, to not take such things for granted.

Her expression brightened as she confirmed, "Yeah, he helped raised me and keep me to good paths where he could. He's the best person I know." Leaning forward, America asked, "What had you deciding to work for the police?"

"If he ever comes up here from Florida I'll introduce you, I think he'd like you a lot, gotta say." Anybody who offers to help others is in Junior's good books; June seemed, in her own way, like a brave person to America.

"Gosh Captain's so friggin' cute, I could die happy as long as I died facing a fat little dog." America popped a donette in her mouth and looked admiringly at the corgi. Not for the first time, the thought of getting a pet crossed her mind.

Gasping and wide-eyed, America excitedly clapped her hands. "Ohmygosh! Yes! Me!" She raised her hands like a kid volunteering in class. "Please yes!"

America proceeded to Tebow her thanks to the God of Puppers as well as June herself, until Captain Darcy had to run up and inspect the exultation redhead kneeling on the grass.