James smiles at you, pretending to be shocked to see you. This meeting was for officers, held at button house- as far as you were aware, he wasn’t supposed to be here… but you decided to ignore your gut feeling- perhaps he had a promotion.

“Havers.”

he beckons you over, his face warm and his demeanour overly welcoming.

“How lovely to see you! Why, we’ve been separated for so long, I almost thought we’d never see each other again!”