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“…That’s heartwarming, thank you James.”
She assumed he was just being kind at this point, referencing perhaps how her little Ruby looked like her.
“Qrow is?” Her eyes lifted, a look of fear flashed over her face. What he said made her anything but comfortable. Summer felt the anxiety bubble in her stomach once more. If Beacon fell, the girls were out in traveling as huntresses and Qrow was with them… it was safe to assume they’d gotten swept up in Ozpin’s age old war.
Her hands shook as she placed the teacup back down, Summer’s eyes averting his. She did not meet his gaze often. Summer froze up, tears welling in her eyes. She wanted anything but that, for Yang and Ruby. Quickly, she wiped her eyes and shook her head.. “I’m sorry, James- so sorry. Please, could you get me a tissue or something…? This is just a lot for me right now.”
Had he said something wrong? Suddenly her bright yet solemn expressions turned solely solemn. He began to mentally calculate just what caused this. Was she worried about seeing Qrow again after all of this time? Or perhaps, she knew that if he was travelling with them then Summer knew that her daughters were now swept up in Team STRQ’s unfinished business.
“Of... of course, Ms. Rose.”
While James appreciated the huntress work Ruby did during the Fall of Beacon, and even in some ways encouraged it, he was still unsure if a bunch of essentially children could- No. No, they were adults now and could make their own choices. However, James’ strict sense of duty and placement of rules helped him in this matter, for he rarely if ever bent them much to the ire of Ozpin from time to time.
“Here are some tissues. I wished not to worry you or upset you. If it makes you feel any better, it is unlikely my blockade will be broken twice. No one is allowed in or out without my say so. Trust me, with my patrols, they are much safer from her here than Vale or Mistral.”
