Give me until the end of June. [ He says that as he takes another drag from his cigarette, eyes scanning the street below. ] I should have a better swing of things at Balamb by then.

[ Teaching is going to be a nerwracking experience. He suspects that much. At least you had last year to handle the fresh recruits in Hunter School. ]

Handling the Special Cases kids and teaching the incoming freshmen will help me get my feet wet again. I can sort things out with Rhiannon so that I can chaperone evening patrols now and then.

[ He breathes in the night. It'll be good to get off the bench. To get back on the field again. Like riding a bike, manner of speaking. But there are also other things he want to do.

His voice comes out soft for this next bit: ] I'm going to ask him, before the year is out.