The Scumbag's Guide To Heroism novel Chapter 133

Chapter 133: 133 | Personal Oversight

"The pools are segregated by gender during standard hours, and co-ed access is available during designated evening windows for students who choose to participate." Diane didn’t look up from her phone. "It’s optional, Sloane."

"I know it’s optional. I just think it’s worth noting that Halloran’s idea of team bonding involves sitting in hot water with people you’re supposed to be competing against."

"Heroes who trust each other perform better in the field. Building comfort and vulnerability in low-stakes environments translates directly to combat cooperation." Diane finally glanced up from her screen. "Also, the sauna does incredible things for muscle recovery, and both of you are going to need muscle recovery once those training schedules kick in."

She wasn’t wrong. Sloane’s combat drills had already turned my body into one continuous bruise that Boundless Stamina kept patching faster than a normal human had any right to expect. Whatever Halloran had planned for daily training would be worse by an order of magnitude.

A sauna sounded really good, actually.

I folded the housing packet and set it down on the counter, then picked up my acceptance letter again to look at the class assignment one more time. Class 1-B. Professor Imara Steele. Tactical flexibility and non-traditional Aspect applications. Twenty students per class, which meant I’d be living with nineteen other people in a mansion-style house with a bath house in the basement and seven hundred fifty square foot apartments that I was about to furnish with whatever Diane decided was appropriate for ’her babies.’

Third place overall. Top seven and a half percent. Five hundred new SP in my account and a silver ticket waiting to be pulled.

Not bad for a guy who was Unmarked two months ago.

"Lukas." Diane’s voice was the warning tone now, the one that preceded ear grabs and lectures about attention spans.

"Present. Listening. Both eyes forward."

"Good. Because I need both of your measurements for the furniture order. The apartments have specific doorway widths and I am not paying for delivery of a couch that doesn’t fit through the frame."

"You already know my measurements."

The words left my mouth before my brain caught up with them. Diane’s lips pressed together. Sloane’s head turned slowly toward me with the mechanical precision of a weapons system acquiring a target.

"For the apartment," I added quickly. "The room measurements. In the packet. Which I read. Just now. While paying attention."

Diane took a long sip of her coffee. "Saturday. Nine AM. We’re taking the SUV because we’re going to need the cargo space."

Sloane stole another grape from the fruit bowl and pointed it at me. "You’re carrying everything."

"I have telekinesis."

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