[ It's been a few long days, but Kim isn't counting the hours. There's too much else to occupy her –– treks from building to building, department to department, all made easier in boots with a much blockier heel than her usual. Her briefcase is stuffed to bursting. She's had a polite smile pasted on her face so much today that she's worried it might be stuck that way. Not everything has gone right, but enough has to keep her going with her head held high.
The names from Gavroche's letters are a little less clear, but the puzzle of it has sat at the back of her mind for some time now. She doesn't regret including them in her search –– there's nothing to regret –– but she knows she is venturing into something difficult to see the shape of, much less predict. She's a stranger in a strange land, no matter how much the locals pretend otherwise.
But there have been finer needles to thread in recent history, and she takes Elizabeth's invitation with grace and sits, folding one leg over the other as soon as she's settled. It's as rote as if she were sitting down with a client in the hallways of the Bernalillo County courthouse, her own domain. Her expression is sober, and she meets Elizabeth's eyes with confidence.]
Thank you for taking the time. I've been working on a case for the trials –– it's boring, really, just paperwork errors about citizenship –– [a rapid glance down, as if embarrassed] –– but, uh... well, I was staying at the Mouse House recently, and I was told you and a handful of others moved here from underground. I wondered how that process worked.
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The names from Gavroche's letters are a little less clear, but the puzzle of it has sat at the back of her mind for some time now. She doesn't regret including them in her search –– there's nothing to regret –– but she knows she is venturing into something difficult to see the shape of, much less predict. She's a stranger in a strange land, no matter how much the locals pretend otherwise.
But there have been finer needles to thread in recent history, and she takes Elizabeth's invitation with grace and sits, folding one leg over the other as soon as she's settled. It's as rote as if she were sitting down with a client in the hallways of the Bernalillo County courthouse, her own domain. Her expression is sober, and she meets Elizabeth's eyes with confidence.]
Thank you for taking the time. I've been working on a case for the trials –– it's boring, really, just paperwork errors about citizenship –– [a rapid glance down, as if embarrassed] –– but, uh... well, I was staying at the Mouse House recently, and I was told you and a handful of others moved here from underground. I wondered how that process worked.