"I can't blame him, I suppose." She'd done some avoiding when she'd fallen from Jack, after all, and she'd only had that post for a few months. Still, Julien wasn't exactly the most cheerful topic of conversation, and Avery smiled as she flipped her ponytail over her shoulder.

"So, I requested three days off," she said, "and Säde changed it to seven. Are we still on for Firenze?" Possibly she'd have to amuse herself for at least some of the time; a week could be a very long time in the Deck, after all.