[ Ah, yes, a sentiment with which Flynn is very familiar. He laughs quietly in a tired kind of recognition. ]

Yes, that's how I got through council meetings. One can't be tired if one simply decides not to be, correct? I will work as hard as I need to, and perhaps it will be easier because I won't have twenty councillors breathing down my neck for answers.

[ Just one teacher! That... has to be better. ]