Office Hours, Tuesday

[on_her_korhal]

Kerrigan had given up on her syllabus.

Well, okay, she hadn't given up, because she was a dogged sort of person, but it had finally found its way to a pile. It was just being worked at from a distance.

She made herself some noodles and spent a goodly period of time staring at it.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Or drink it." River threw back her head and laughed.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan snickered. "That's what I mean," she said, slamming back a gulp of coffee maybe a little bit too fast. She spilled some across the desk as she bent forwards, wiping at her mouth. "...Too many puns."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Bad puns makes you waste the coffee," River pointed out, then started giggling again, into her cup this time.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. So no more of that." She groped for something to clean the coffee off her shirt, and found herself with her fingers on her syllabus. No. Not that.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Am good at distracting from that," River said, looking almost smug. They both needed distraction and bad puns were good enough.

[Lunch now, biab]

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"You put yourself to the task of distracting people, now?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Only the select few who deserve it," River replied and reached for the pile that was the syllabus.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan was about to respond when she was in which direction River was going. "...That's still not done yet."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River picked up the sheet of paper on top of the pile and began folding it, completely ignoring Kerrigan's comment.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"...Fine," Kerrigan said, sagging back in her chair, "Be my guest. It's not worth anything, anyway."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked up and gave her a pointed look. "All in your head. You don't need paper." The sheet of paper had transformed into an airplane and she hurled it into the air, then watched it circle with a smile on her face. "Just let your thoughts fly with it."

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

After an instant or two, Kerrigan reached up, plucking the airplane neatly out of the air. "But you can't give students thoughts as a hand-out," she said, dryly.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I could interpret," River offered, already folding the next page.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"So could I," she replied. Then glanced up at River, thoughtfully.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

She offered Kerrigan the second paper airplane. "I'm your TA. I can help."

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan took the airplane and regarded it, dryly, for a minute. Then sent it flying into the room, herself. "I think this thing's a lost cause," she confided.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River just looked at Kerrigan, head tilted, waiting for her to elaborate.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

It's just not happening.

She watched the airplane float gently down.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River shrugged. "Works anyway." She thought for a moment. "How would you take down a secret military training facility?"

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan's eyes shot back away from the airplane, and fixed on River in a flash.

She didn't say anything. Just let a few choice memories of the raid the Sons of Korhal held on the Ghost Academy float up to the surface.

Skipping over any choice bits involving Rumm, of course.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I might need to some day." She tried to hold on to the memories. "Teach a class on it?"

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," she replied, running a hand through her hair.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River suddenly smiled and threw another paper airplane in the air.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan smiled, half of it wry, and she followed the airplane quietly with her eyes.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Before it touched the ground River caught it. Adah prefers Lee. She threw the plane up in the air again, still watching, still smiling.