<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Somehow, Shiloh had trouble seeing the problem with working as a glorified intern. He might well have tolerated life as an intern if it meant building a foundation for future success. For him, it was all about method and procedure. Crossing all the I's and dotting all the T's so that when the time came, he had checked off every necessary box, completed every prerequisite. He wasn't entirely stuffy and without impulsiveness, but when it came to building a life, he took matters very seriously. In a household where no one else had done so, he had had to learn how on his own.<br/>
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"It's all about the tights, isn't it?" he chuckled despite himself. "Just tell me you don't have a cape. The last thing I want to hear is that you got sucked into the turbine of a jet or something." It had never happened, of course, owing to the fact that most Supers never got close enough to a jet turbine for their capes to be a problem. All the same, he had always entertained the notion that if he ever got accepted into the Program - a ship that had long since sailed - he would adamantly reject any ensemble with excess fabric.<br/>
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With the attention shifting to his new job, Shiloh gave pause and, with a slightly uneasy laugh, shrugged dismissively. "It's nothing, really," he replied, exhaling sharply through his nose. "I'm at Bright Market, but it's just entry-level stuff. Research and development. Finding just the right ergonomic shape and just the right fabric for the world's most comfortable office chair, that kind of thing. It's nothing crazy, but it pays enough that I was able to move out of my parents' place. So there's that."<br/>
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All the better, he mused, because another year in that hellhole would have driven him insane. Putting on a smile, he turned when the barista called their orders, taking both with a quick "thank you" and handing one to Noah before steering them back to a table. "It's temporary until I can get into grad school. I can't do much advancing with a Bachelors, but a Masters in engineering will get me set up. Just need to hold out until then."</span>