The bodies in my floor all trusted someone. Now I walk on them to tea.

[kingshaming]

[After the trial, Xander does what he does best. What always blanks his mind when training is not an option:

He organizes.

The hot food for lunch is out still, and while he feels far from hungry, he knows they all SHOULD eat. Everyone wanders off to take care of their own grief, and he lets them for now- and instead busies himself at the espresso bar. There's something specific he wants to do.

Later, under each door, and with the same thing written on the white board he had dragged out for meetings:]

There is hot food and tea in the cafeteria, and while I have no stomach for food it is there for those that can.

While it is tempting to be alone right now, if you wish company I shall be there until evening. Now may be a good time to compare new information while it is fresh.

If not, please stay well.

Xander

[And as promised there is fresh tea. Green tea in fact, though it lacks the milk Chitanda made- but basic tea he can manage at least]

Comments

[curdle]

I didn't wish to take from the kitchens, [ she admits, ] else I should have stolen away a cup some time past.

[ Her history with the supposition of having stolen cups is a contentious one! ]

The jitters? [ Look she's even more of a grandma than Jane but that one is new to her. ]

[cyan_maid]

It should be alright. All this stuff is here for us to use - no one would miss a cup.

[A soft chuckle.] Ah, it would make me very shaky and nervous. But if you water it down enough, you just get a bit of energy, that's all.