[ a hum - of the affirmative? sort of. more acknowledgement than anything. the whole thing had taken a back seat after their recent interaction with the UNA, but - ]

Markus'll be consulting the class soon. Hold that thought and ask me again in a week.

[ group-wide conversation of recent weeks has had a decent amount to show them, and he's not expecting a smooth ride. but mostly it's a joke. that's the next hurdle, for now everything's smooth sailing. ]

It's going fine. We're working well together, Gaby's on side. Once we've got a plan drafted she'll pass it on to Morningstar and we'll have a better sense of what kind of support we can expect. It's all a little more bureaucratic than I was expecting my life to be, but we'll get there. [ a path paved with headaches, sure, but a certain path all the same. it'll happen because it has to happen. they don't have any other options outside of leaving new arrivals to burn and spreading the newer intakes across the couches of whoever has one to spare when their welcome at (or the existence of) the current safehouse expires. ] —How about you? How's work?

[ what do you actually do that'd give you enough money to help a guy out. ]