- processing all of this.

“Can I convince you to assign me to some lush holiday-esk post instead?”

It was mostly a joke. Mostly.

Maybe he should just take it in stride? Figure it out on the fly? No, that wasn’t him either.

He took back his hand and quietly nodded away at Hood despite the fact that the older man had finished his last sentence a few moments ago by this point in time.

It was clear he was just -

The explicit mention of his new posting had made Jon’s mind rush. It was a dawn of realisation breaking through all the personal drama that had just led to his brief moment of self-confidence.

He had so many questions. But he tried to distil it down to one. Maybe two. Three? Oh! He wasn’t sure.