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[pushtheboundaries]

"You've reached Robert Callaghan, Headmaster to the Heropa Organization for imPort Education. Please leave a message with your name, your phone number, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. As a reminder, my office hours are..."

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[hostage]

[Please.]

There wouldn't even be a school if that was how we did things.

We protect our own. That's the important thing.

[pushtheboundaries]

[...Jesse can't be implying what he thinks he is. he'll move on to the more likely.]

The kids.

As I said, they're safe. As safe as I can keep them, that is, with all the chaos this place holds.

[hostage]

[The kids had better be safe, or else Callaghan is going to be Jesse's science experiment: How well do nanites stand up to hydrofluoric acid?

He won't make a threat over the phone, however. And it's likely unnecessary. Cal gets it.]

As long as you keep that promise, you're not alone, either.

[pushtheboundaries]

[um?]

I'd hope not, it's a big job.

[he's not outright playing dumb, he just- doesn't want to assume something that seems so outlandish]

[hostage]

Yeah.

Don't fuck it up.

[pushtheboundaries]

I've done enough of that. [so very bland.] I think it's time for a change.

[hostage]

[Jesse is skeptical. But time will tell. If Emma Frost gave him the benefit of the doubt, then other people deserve the same.]

I'll be in California a couple days, but call me if you need anything.

[pushtheboundaries]

...all right. Though I'll be taking it easy the next couple of days.

[hostage]

Good plan.