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Good. She will provisionally accept the building into her life.

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The building does not express any feelings about that.

It's lightly staffed, only essential personnel including a few security PRT uniforms and capes who aren't useful in a Behemoth fight. The fight itself is not being transmitted—there are rules about that—but people do get news about it as refugees arrive, and there's a general feeling of expectation, dread, fear...

The cape starts leading them towards an elevator. "Do you two need anything?"

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Small head-shake.

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Sadde shakes her head, too.

The cape eyes Ellie's shades. "Some people are still jumpy; do you think it's possible for you to hide those?"

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...She can get them out again if she needs to. A pull, and they vanish.

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"Thank you. I'm Cassis, by the way."

Into the elevator.

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"I'm Sadde."

"It's nice to meet you," says Cassis. The elevator goes up, then stops, and he leads them to an empty room with some sofas and a circular desk with a computer on it. "The Wards are in the fight, except for Block, but he's home with his family."

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"What are the Wards?"

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He blinks. "They're the division of the Protectorate for underage capes."

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"So the Protectorate is the heroes?"

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"—yes. We are."

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"I'm going to show you around and then you can stay here while we wait for the fight to end?"

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He shows them around! The Wards have rooms, and there's a cafeteria, and there's that first room he showed them which is sort of like a "control room" where they hang out and stuff, and here are books, and some games.

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It's definitely a place that exists, no doubt about that.

Ellie doesn't seem to be relaxing much, remaining withdrawn and sort of tense or on edge. She tries to hide it, but not very successfully.

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The hero tries to be as reassuring as he can, but in context it doesn't help very much. "Is there anything you'd like to do?"

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"Then I'll leave you to it. If you need anything I'll be at the computer over there." He hikes a thumb in the direction of a desk and goes.

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She wants somewhere to sit where there are as few other people as possible.

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The little study with the books was pretty empty.

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Okay good that's where she's going.

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Does she perhaps want company...?

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She doesn't say not to follow her.

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