Private message to Pomona

[alt_sinistra]

Pomona,

It feels terribly odd to do this, but I’m still buried in parchment work, so coming down to you would be tricky. But would you by chance have time to be a listening ear? Or eye, rather?

It might be easier if I don’t have to talk, just write, anyway.

Comments

[alt_pomona]

You are certainly the mistress of your own time and life, but I think there may be something to what he's saying (what I imagine he's saying, in any case).

I have the greatest respect for your drive to help our students, but if nothing else, becoming Head of House taught me that you can only do so much if there's nothing left for you.

Don't be afraid to be a little selfish.

[alt_sinistra]

It's the cost of not doing what I'm doing that I keep coming back to. (Which, really, is the problem with this YPL business. I've no illusions about what might happen to our students with someone else in charge, and that makes it hard to put aside.)

But yes, there is that. And when Raz, and you, and Poppy, and my mother all say the same thing, perhaps it is wise to start listening.

Thank you, though. It helped a great deal to talk this out a bit. I should wrap up, now, though, as I expect Raz in not too long.

[alt_pomona]

And I agree with you, about the cost; only, perhaps there may be ways to make it more manageable?

Think on it, in any case.

And with that I'll wish you a good night, with a hope for better dreams.