"I'm sure the world would thank me for it."

"They would delight in your entirely altruistic methods of bridging the gaps between blues and grays."

"Oh, sure, that, too."

He laughs.

"You know, I feel the sudden urge to introduce you to his brothers. They're fun."

"Are they."

"Very. You'd get along seamlessly. Karo is the nicest blue I've met or heard of. Seni would love to hear you argue about the problems with the caste system."

"A nice blue, what an oxymoron," she says, grinning at Teo.

"Maybe Karo is secretly orange, that sounds like a much more likely explanation than nice blue," Teo says nodding sagely.

"And what are you, then? An evil blue?"

Chuckle. "Obviously! Ready to crush all social structures under my might."

What a dramatically appropriate moment for another swirl of magic around him.

What's he doing with all this magic?

Apparently just changing air temperature, maybe cleaning things a bit. It's very discreet, though, all the uses of magic she has seen from him have been very discreet.

"It sounds like crushing social structures is exactly what a blue shouldn't do," she continues. "It's—unblueish."

"Yeah, but I'm the evil triplet. Unless you're trying to redeem me to the side of light."

"You don't seem so evil so far."

"What do I seem so far then?"

"Interesting and thoughtful. What kind of blue are you?"

"The one that at least tries to be self-aware and honest."

She giggles. "And more specifically, what track are you?"

"Land management. Which I know is the stereotypical useless blue profession, but it involves much less contact with them on a day-to-day basis."

"With the tradeoff that you have to meet them more often than you have to meet the other kinds of blue?"

"Sadly, yes. Woe is me."

"I'm sure it can be useless but, like, so can all other professions, if you're good at land management you can do a lot of direct measurable good."

"Thank you. I actually try to get more involved than most. Some of my tentants might think I'm too nosy or too cheap to hire a yellow, though."