Astrid remains silent until Säde winds down, and then she inclines her head with a slight smile.
"I think," she says slowly, "that you and Avery were not ready to work as closely together as Face Cards must work. Her work in the kitchens must have been largely separate from much of the work the Face Cards do, and she'd only managed human resources for a brief time. I think that while it's hard to find any silver lining in her accident, and I am sure Avery doesn't think there's any at all, if there is a silver lining, it's that you now have the opportunity to work together as Ace and Ten in a way that you hadn't been able to before she was named Jack, since she'd barely become a Ten when Lady Helena resigned.
"I hope that you both use this opportunity, because if I know my daughter, her current belief that this fall from Jack means she should be satisfied with being a Ten forever - it's not going to last." And someone would face a challenge, whether it was the yet-to-be-named Jack, or Avery's mentor.
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"I think," she says slowly, "that you and Avery were not ready to work as closely together as Face Cards must work. Her work in the kitchens must have been largely separate from much of the work the Face Cards do, and she'd only managed human resources for a brief time. I think that while it's hard to find any silver lining in her accident, and I am sure Avery doesn't think there's any at all, if there is a silver lining, it's that you now have the opportunity to work together as Ace and Ten in a way that you hadn't been able to before she was named Jack, since she'd barely become a Ten when Lady Helena resigned.
"I hope that you both use this opportunity, because if I know my daughter, her current belief that this fall from Jack means she should be satisfied with being a Ten forever - it's not going to last." And someone would face a challenge, whether it was the yet-to-be-named Jack, or Avery's mentor.