“Yeah, well, it’s different coming from a warden, and now I know for myself,” she replies, feeling perfectly set in her choice. “You like her otherwise?”
“Could be for the better,” she says, choosing to be optimistic. Could also be worse, though. “Young people pull crazy shit sometimes, though. Hopefully she knows what she’s doing.”
"As you can imagine, I have a great track record with people who try to give orders," she replies. "Back home I would press her into working for me instead, or I'd just kill her, but obviously neither of those would make a viable plan here. I also can't change departments because that'd be conceding. So I think I'd just have to make it agonizing for her to ask me to do anything. She can't make me do anything and you're the only warden I'll even think about listening to, so the easiest thing for her would be to take my attitude up with you, until you're so annoyed that going to you is miserable for her, and then she changes departments to get away from us difficult people."
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“Yeah, we’ll see how long a princess keeps up with it,” she replies. “The novelty of being amongst the commoners will wear off.”
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"The novelty of doin' any kinda cleaning," he points out. "She had no idea. I'm no homemaker, but it ain't that hard."
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Tess snorts.
“She tell you I gave her a hard time?”
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"Did you?"
He pulls back a little so he can give her a look - why?
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"Gee, thanks."
He tips his head back against the wall and closes his eyes. "I told her that too, you know. Don't drag people in by the hair. Don't give orders."
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"She's alright. A little young, a little, you know- "
Royalty.
"But alright. Probably got a good head on her shoulders."
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“We’ll see. She seems like she’ll want to make changes.”
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"You know what? I wouldn't mind. Things is fine as they are, but a little change couldn't hurt."
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"What kinda crazy shit could she pull that would strike fear into our hearts? Drip paint all over the hardwood floors?"
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"What'd you tell her? She'll murder you, have fun?"
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"She wanted lists for custodial, too. Don't get me wrong, we could do with a little organization."
But this sounds like a lot.
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"And if you decide it is not alright, miss?"
What's she going to do about it?
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“Do you really want to have this conversation while you feel like shit?”
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"Come on. Spin me a story, lemme prepare for the worst."
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He listens with varying degrees of drawn eyebrows - killing, really? Calm down, tiger.
"Well, you're cunning, I'll give you that," he says, after some consideration. "But you don't think there's a possibility she's as stubborn as you?"
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"No one's as stubborn as me."
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He snorts out a laugh and reaches to ruffle her hair a little.
"Damn straight. Not even the Admiral's gonna change that."
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"Exactly. She has no idea what she's in for if she tries it with me."
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