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Which was quiet. All the campus was quiet of late, only the pared-down summer session courses running and most of the student body gone home for the seasonal break. At least there was a breeze tonight, as well as much light from the waxing moon. With so little sleep anymore, he couldn't muster the excuse to run about, and chose to wait on moving until he heard back from the other eternal.

Would she be a candidate for an executrix? I suppose it would matter if she felt up to being around that much, available that much. Outgoing that much. It is so much to ask of anyone, and yet that is the call of the Watch- many hands to make lighter loads while getting things accomplished. I can't tell who will be willing to volunteer, or further who will be voted in. All predictions for such things are in vain.

Ten minutes was not a long wait, but as it were he'd still phased out a little until the aura hit his senses. As her shoes clacked on the slate nearby, Thraen looked over and gave a nod by way of initial greeting. "I hadn't expected so fast a response, but I thank you."

The names given in list were some wholly new and some not so much. He couldn't offhand recall Pasiphae, but the kitten Horatio had made enough of an impression at the sparring camp that it range a bell. Ganymede's name, from its small use and pointlessness at the phoenix strike, also came true to mind. That one is a Jovian? Well, they are an odd gathering then. "I feel a little ridiculous not having put together the Trojan, the moon of Jupiter, and the name 'Jovians'. I suppose the membership of Babylon and Valhalla as thematic elements threw me off. And I had nearly forgotten all about Valhalla....that was him near Ganymede...the winged helmet. "

He shook his head like there were cobwebs there, the evens coming vivid, unbidden, and mashed together with too little sleep to keep them wholly separate. The motion of her hand caught his gaze back to present, and he watched it retract as equally passive and unperturbed as he'd looked at it when it lifted. "I do not get much rest of sleep lately, with the Dark Pillar interrupting any dream and driving me to wakefulness. Lack of consistent rest REM is a problem. Not crippling yet, but a problem. "

"From my end, the mass announcement system has been set up by Ash, Faust and I have bodily talked to a large body of scouts, including Athene of the...PSSG. Some independent senshi- Maia, Penthesilea, Vulcan...I talked to Irene of the Asteroids as well. She will take word back to them and *********, and hopefully it will spread among the knights and Mauvians they know. I approached Zirconia, since part of the Black Watch should work with research and archeology. I'm missing a few names in there, I'm fairly certain. But overall the response has been highly positive. ...I think we'll have enough to run three ferries, with cats and scouts at each. Ideally would be two cats and two scouts. The cats can scope out some likely places ahead of time, and 3am we can start ferrying everyone up. There's been a few volunteers for that, not quite enough for two each. "

"I think the chances are good that it might get off the ground. It will just be a matter of stoking the fire enough to keep it going. Patience and action." He was beginning to ramble, so he stopped, took a few deep breaths to clear it. "And you, Kallichore? Are you well? You seem hale and hardy. "

"The Primer update went live? I haven't, myself, had a look over it yet- no...I did, but I don't remember the particulars at the moment. Forgive me. "

"I've never made it a habit to sleep much longer than three hours at any clip anyway. But the nightmares have cut that to two, then ones. At that little, though, a double shot of NyQuil tends to do the job for dreamlessness. " She seemed to be holding together well, though, for all that. She probably had a more reasonable life balance and general sleeping schedule to begin with. Reasonable? Sane? A senshi of Madness with a sane schedule? I'm being stupid.

Words and their tangents in thought grew worse and worse. He would have laughed, in other months long ago, at being called detailed. But with her following words and his stoicism now it was out of place, inappropirate and empty. Thraen just nodded as she transitioned on to the primer and didn't comment on the trailing, incomplete sentence. "I don't know. Maybe it would. I don't even know if our homeworlds offer some respite. It would be something to try. As ferrymen we may be too tired and have to spend the night or a few hours anyway. A good opportunity to find out. "

Had he mentioned 3am on the twelfth? Yes. Yes I did.
"If you have a chance, energy, or inclination to test out the homeworld part of that, let me know if it works out. Or if you find anyone who has tried it. I haven't found anyone that mentioned it. I haven't caught out a lieutenant or mirror senshi to find if they're having the same. "

"And be careful if you're going to patrol alone? You might as well make use of having a team."

His eyes smiled where his mouth didn't manage. It was a soldier's banter, how she used the cursing and when, and then apologizing for it like he was ....something else. How do you see me, Kallichore? I must come off, ultimately, as the scholar I am. Or just a younger senshi by experience? Not a soldier. That is fine. Years in this game, and grown from much of the scars she's collected. Some measure of bravado is called for at times. A pity she is not a general of some other, actual soldiers. Knowing the times and places for the types of manner some mark of suitability.

And the strength of her arm no less in that an eternal long forged.

The nearly offhand reply about the state of the Jovians was dour. It was also curt enough to be clear that questions or inquiries on her feelings or needs in the matter were not welcome. Thraen let it pass as she so plainly wanted, but tried to make a mental note. If he had the opportunity, it might be something to ask about of Valhalla. "It isn't usual for wood, cloth, and other organics to survive the marches of time undessicated. Some of the rampant dust in the ruins could be such trappings. It is hard to predict, with how much science is flaunted by the magic inherent in everything having to do with ....senshi and knights. The environment is not very desert-like near the ruin, that ivy coils and covers. But it doesn't seem likely to get much rainfall to support the ivy either. "

"A millennia is a long time." Which was as much to say they'd probably not ever know why some things seemed to preserve while others didn't. Magic was both a convenient and infuriating scapegoat. The wildness of it's nature provided as many problems as it solved. At least fairytales follow an internal logic.

He held out his hand to her, offering a friendly clasp, offering an attempt at genial banter, "Stay safe regardless. If you pass out at the meet, I'll try to catch you before you fall. "