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[b]Post-Dust Apps[/b]

"[color=d8bfd8]There's no leeway for 'try'.[/color]"

When you've been teaching brats for a while, it turns out that you get better and better at ferreting out a picture of the stuff floating around in their noggins. Not like some jammy mind-reading ability or anything, but you get used to all the lip coming your way, you know? A pattern always forms, and unless you're a real nugget of a teacher or just nackered, it's easy to twig onto what they're trying to hide.

For Miss Frost, that's her not really comprehending [i]why[/i] she's here.

I can't say I get her background. But you were a stupid, bratty lass too, right Teàrlag? Yeah, but I also came from a life of relative privilege, you know? Far from the midden that a lot of people go through. Except even so, that doesn't excuse what she's done. If she wants to be a Hunter, she has to understand exactly what she's doing wrong, and why it's not at all good for her job.

"[color=d8bfd8]Whatever your intentions, there's a minimum standard of trust that exists between people, and [i]especially[/i] amongst Hunters,[/color]" I continue. "[color=d8bfd8]That means you don't selfishly attack them out of nowhere. That's not a way to ask for help, nor does it make you seem trustworthy. This entire bloody career is built on trusting your comrades, so if you're just going to be dogging them, there's no place in this job for you.[/color]"

It's blunter than I like, but I have to get this into her brain. She either shapes up, or her job's toast.

"[color=d8bfd8]You'll be having detention with me every week for the next two months. You're also banned from leaving campus grounds for any reason besides missions for the next six. If you circumvent that, the faculty is very likely to expel you. The mark's permanent on your official record now, so please don't do anything like this ever again. A second strike and you'll be gone.[/color]"

Usually, most offenders would have been gone in a heartbeat. But, she has one more chance. And I really hope she takes it.

"[color=d8bfd8]This week, you won't be going anywhere until missions. And your first detention will be tomorrow. See me at 8 to help clean the Dust flasks.[/color]"