I don’t know if people that high up are going to make bets on what court our wonder novice is going to end up in… though imagine if someone does.

[I mean, probably not. But given a theoretically infinite time horizon, as they theoretically have, it’s not so unrealistic? Maybe one of those oldbloods is bored?]

And, well, if someone is looking for an excuse to blow people they’ll find it whether or not we help them. [shrug.] If it works, it works.

[Though he very much prefers gifts or other favors, Elias doesn’t bother with decrying it either- he goes with the flow. He probably has been peer pressured into having sex and has been too embarrassed since to figure out what he likes about it himself.]