Precious little escaped Temperance's attention and the date was hardly something she was likely to overlook. She had known full well that the results were due today, had in fact heard a screech on the air as owls soared through Irvingly when she had been on her break at work, but being obliged to actually finish her shift had meant a morning spent dwelling upon what she was going to come home to.

Blythe was far from stupid, but her options from this point on were likely to be limited; even with the finest results in the year that would still be true. And the results she was holding in her hand were far from that though they were perhaps not as bad as they could have been.

"So," she finally said, raising a sharp eyebrow at her niece. "Have you given any thought to what you might wish to do next?"

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Wonderful set by Lady <3