I was bored, so take this.
Omake: Meanwhile at the Clocktower
It had been an hour since Cerys left.
Morgan was still not sure about all of this; of course she understood that taking care of these pests was important, but... she could not stop herself from worrying.
She herself had had her fair share of tasks so far, but her friend was still new to this part of the world, to magic.
Why am I so concerned? Scamps aren't that dangerous, just annoying to destroy...
Her thoughts did not really help the matter... as she witnessed just the day before, Cerys had trouble controlling her powers at times. She was still in a state where she had to test out what worked... and this was horrifying to think about for a Magical Girl, whose innate power eclipsed anything Morgan herself was capable of after years of training. What if she had to use her more powerful magic and something went wrong?
...
The young woman shook her head to get these thoughts out of it. Everything would be fine, she could trust Karen's judgement; when her boss thought that Cerys was ready, then she would trust in that.
Only that there was still this little sliver of doubt she just could not get out of her mind...
Ugh... at least Una seems fine.
Much to her surprise, the younger sister did not complain when Cerys left, despite the two of them always being together. Morgan actually thought she might not be happy about this, or mope, or... or anything, really.
Instead, the little one was plowing through her extra exercises with a precision she really should not have. It was just a start on the overall pile, but Una showed no signs of tiring or boredom... well, okay. She was obviously bored because her current exercises were pretty repetetive, but that was about it.
Morgan had to suppress a sigh when she looked over her charge's shoulder. The girl was sharp and would have picked up on it in an instant.
"You're doing good so far."
Una just hummed and continued.
It went like this for another twenty minutes; the older girl went back to the paperwork she was given before just to pass the time, but her thoughts still returned to the subject of Cerys time. And time. And time. Again.
Seriously, what was wrong with her?
"Aren't you worried?"
Huh? Oh shit, I just said that out loud...
But the damage was already done; one moment where her brain was too slow to stop her tongue and now... now she had these big eyes directed at her, looking sweetly and a little confused. "Um... nope. Cerys is strong."
Then Una smiled and went back to her exercise. "She always comes back."
...wait, always?
Morgan got the feeling that she was missing something there, but she did not really want to dig deeper... especially because she did not want to push her luck here; at least she now knew that Una was not just pretending not to worry. No, the younger girl really believed what she just said.
Somehow, this made the older one a little envious. She saw how wonderful a sibling Cerys was before, but this relationship obviously went two ways... and as an only-child, she never had something like that.
Thinking about it, it would have been nice to have a strong big sister take care of her when she was little...
And Morgan almost said that out loud as well, but caught herself in time. Not this, this she would not tell Una of all people. That girl was sly enough to tell her something like not minding to share her big sister with the older girl... and Morgan really did not need the additional embarassment, seeing how a lot of people just seemed to assume... 'that'.
At least Karen was only teasing her with that kind of thing...
Thinking of Karen, Morgan paused for a moment while turning a page. Then she smiled a little.
Right, Karen was there... she counted almost like a big sister... or maybe a cool aunt? Something in that vein, yes.
Her smile vanished the moment she realised she did not actually remembered a single line from the previous page; Morgan took a deep breath and turned to this one, then started to read it again.
She really should stop being so worried when even Una was calm. Just stay calm and trust Cerys.
