Book 5, Chapter 1: Meetings and Greetings

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Title: Meetings and Greetings
Authors: kiltsandlollies and escribo, with magickalmolly
Characters: Billy, Cate
Word count: 3734
Summary: The new, the old, and in between.
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Note: Original text and characterization of Cate created by magickalmolly; in some chapters through the rest of this story, we’ve adapted both text and characterization, but Molly’s work happily remains the foundation for Professor Blanchett.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction; the recognizable people in the story belong to themselves and have never performed the actions portrayed here. I do not know the actors nor am I associated with them in any way. If you are underage, please do not read this story. I am not making any profit from these stories, nor do I mean any harm.

( It occurs to Billy that he has passed into the middle ground of professors at Baskerville: there are young ones, fresh from their doctorates, and there are very old ones, hanging onto their tenure for dear life, publishing rubbish just to say they’ve done so. )