Tyler's grunt was the only response Jory got out of the YATI. That was not surprising since he didn't seem to want to speak that much. Now Jory turned his full attention to his mentor.
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Jory accepted the hand and gave a hearty shake. "Thank you.'' He smiled broadly. Man, he was doing a lot of that today. He had good reason to so he supposed no one would find it weird. "The new title sounds great.'' Auror Stonewall. He really liked the sound of that.

In his mind, Jory had more to say but the sentimental things sometimes had a problem getting out of him. He also thought that Simon wasn't much of a sentimentalist and that worked fine with Jory. Simon already knew how grateful he was.

A permanent move? Looks like he wasn't the only one who had something to celebrate. "Congratulations to you as well. Are you sure you didn't take up that because you want to ditch me since I'm not a trainee any more?" Jokes were not his thing but he was comfortable enough with Simon to make them.

Which mean the desk was his and his alone. "Having a desk buddy was better.'' He felt a bit of disappointment sinking in on him but he shouldn't be, right? Simon was going on to do something he liked full time.