Departure (2)

"By the way, will you give me a ride to the city?"

"I see no other choice," June agreed, "considering you don't know your way and would probably get into trouble with your personality."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

June laughed. "I'd say you won't be in one piece for long with that personality unless you have the strength and backers to back you up."

"It's not that bad."

"I didn't say it was bad," June added. "But you beat the crap out of an Arcane Academy official."

"That guy kind of deserved it," Warden snorted.

"Maybe, but the exchange between you two gave him an opportunity to make a court case out of this. I don't know if you're aware that House Walt is quite influential."

Warden groaned. "So the guy would go crying to his daddy to have me put into prison, or will it be worse than that?"