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[the_archivist]

I... I got promoted.

Also the previous Head Archivist went missing and was found dead several months later because she'd been murdered.

[widows_kiss]

[ A slow blink. ]

Sounds like a dangerous job, despite being an archivist.

[the_archivist]

That's one way of putting it. The attack by living worm hives and stopping world-ending rituals came as a surprise. I'd expected more of an... office job.

[widows_kiss]

[ She abruptly coughs on a laugh, looking bemused despite his chagrin. She wonders if he's met Bruce yet. The sentiment sounds very familiar, at least. ]

Let me guess. You didn't read the fine print.

[the_archivist]

There wasn't any fine print. It was just an Archival job.

[Not his fault that the contract bound him to the Institute and to the Eye.]

[widows_kiss]

[ She gives him a somewhat humoring look at that. ]

Okay, so you just didn't see the fine print, then.

[ There's always fine print. ]

[the_archivist]

Look, I know how to read a contract. There was no fine print.

[widows_kiss]

If you say so. In my experience, there's always fine print.

[the_archivist]

Well, if there was, I wasn't given opportunity to read it in which case it's actually not legally binding.