"Hi." Franklin would've probably just said "Hi, Rachel" but somehow it didn't seem quite right. Should she be Mrs. Ramsey? She wasn't a doctor or a professor exactly. Maybe "Rachel" was fine. Maybe he worried too much about things. Okay, not maybe. He did. "Congratulations on your new job, by the way. The Xavier Institute is in good hands."

It was warm, sincere, though he didn't go further because he was there to apply for a job.

"I know there weren't exactly open job postings, but I'm interested in teaching at the Institute, if you have any openings available."