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[ukan]

"Yeah. I'm back on the payroll," he says with a little grin. "Catch me up on what I've missed?"

[abrightboy]

His expression is somewhere between wary and relieved. And then he’s put on the spot.

“…Oh. Have… you talked to anyone else yet?” he asks. He means specifically from the Pack, all of whom are more comfortable with it than he is, despite two of them being newer than him.

[ukan]

"No. I wanted to catch up with you first." Malcolm is his youngest pup; maybe not younger than Maggie or Will, but they have Iris to lean on.

[abrightboy]

“Do you know about the new wolves?” Malcolm asks carefully.

[ukan]

"Will and Maggie." He's smelled them, tracked them, made sure of it. "Iris told me. When I got here."

Not before. Not when they could have discussed it.

[abrightboy]

“Sweeney told us you said it was okay for Will to be changed,” Malcolm says. He hesitates. “Iris did it,” he tells him. He hesitates longer, debates not saying it. “…I wanted to. But it all happened so fast and I didn’t want to make trouble. They said she’s the boss when you’re not here.”

[ukan]

"She is." That much is clear, at least. "She's worried you don't feel welcome with her, though. Have you had trouble working with her?"

[abrightboy]

“…No. She’s very kind to me. I just… I know I don’t know what the rules are, but… I’m not sure she follows them? And… a thing happened when she turned Will that didn’t happen when you turned me. A glowing. …Are we the same kind of wolf, me and Will?” The question comes out before he can consider that he might not like the answer.

[ukan]

"Yes. He smells the same to me. My blood is the only thing that lets Iris turn; my blood is the only thing that could turn Will. She can't make him a Time Lord with a wolf ritual. It was probably a thing to do with her more than him."

[abrightboy]

“Did she do it because only the leader can do it?” Malcolm asks. He was hoping they just had to wait a bit. He wanted to do it. He still wishes he was the one that did it.

[ukan]

"Yeah. Only the leader and the girl get to decide who is brought into the pack. We're obligated to kill anyone who's not approved." Which would get tricky here on the Barge where murder means a demotion.

[abrightboy]

“…But he had permission. I just mean the logistics.”

Though, if he’s being real, any attempt to kill Will would be a Real Problem between them.

[ukan]

"It's still my pack, Malcolm. The decisions about when it expands and who it includes are still down to me. I'm sharing my DNA, my people's history and traditions and culture, with you, with Will. It's a permanent, life-altering decision. I have a right to lead on that."

[abrightboy]

“I…I know that. That’s not what I’m…” His expression creases. “Nevermind. It’s… everything’s fine. We’re happy, anyway. Um. What else… there was a cursed sword that made everyone crazy and there was a flood that made people have uncomfortable facts about them flash on big signs above their heads…”

[ukan]

"Oh yeah?" He's sorry he missed the signs, even though he himself would have been locked away in his cabin the entire week. "What facts did you learn that week?"

[abrightboy]

“It… didn’t really seem right to pry,” Malcolm admits. “But Will killed someone and Shaw sat on him and it was a bit… difficult for a few days. Then she went into a coma.”

[ukan]

"Who's been filling in for her?" Something he always hated about the Barge is the answer is probably 'no one'.

[abrightboy]

"He's mostly been with me," Malcolm tells him.

He's a Warden!

[ukan]

Lark gives him an amused look. "You don't count. Trust me you don't want to blur those lines. It's hell. Alec and I did that when he was a warden." He shrugs. "But I can step in."

[abrightboy]

"I wasn't being his Warden, but he was with someone who cared about his wellbeing and his graduation."

[ukan]

"I assume she didn't leave any instructions about what she wanted done if she was out?"

[abrightboy]

"If she did, she wouldn't give them to me," Malcolm tells him. "But nobody came looking for him."

[ukan]

Will's a low risk inmate, compared to some of the others. He's not surprised that if there was an interim warden assigned they didn't come looking.

"Why wouldn't she tell you?"

[abrightboy]

"Because we haven't really been getting along," Malcolm confesses. "For a while. And it blew up badly right after Will killed Avalon."

[ukan]

"Have you tried bringing her cookies?" That's the currency on the Barge. "I never got along with anyone Alec was paired with, either. And vice versa."