"Now, there's the attitude you want," Elias agreed with a broad smile, well used to hearing that sort of thing from players of any team. He supposed one ought to have that innate confidence about them, or the pressure'd just be too much. That, and the probable fact that a lot of the league's favourite part of their job was getting to talk smack about their many rivals at any event (or flimsy excuse for a party) they found themselves at. He'd been there, seen them all. Mad bunch of people, really.

But fun to be around.

"Any new broom's going to take some getting used to," Elias warned, mostly as an afterthought - and the fact remained true even if the new broom had better stats than his last (Elias didn't know what Wood had been flying, but his job was nonetheless to see the chaser better situated than before, as far as possible) "but I expect you'll have plenty of time to get acquainted before the season proper starts." So maybe he would see the Howlers to victory, who knew?

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