#( I headcanon that before going to King's College Abe didn't relaly know what he wanted to do and did some odd jobs around Setauket )

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richardxoliverxmayhew asked : If espionage wasn’t in the cards for you, do you think you would’ve followed in your fathers footsteps and became a lawyer, or judge, or some sort of man of the law?

Ask Abe questions and he's only allowed to answer with 'Yes’ or 'No’. // @richardxoliverxmayhew -- accepting

        𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, Abe's winter dwelling mostly focused on his spying. Well, almost everything in his life surrounded spying. For example, his root cellar, which was full of field tools, was quickly upturned into a hideout for his spying operations. But in those quiet winter months when the war seemed to abate, if spying was not in the cards, the apprenticeship act he pulled to get into York CIty was looked at with a desperate glimmer in his eyes when his coin bag was low. So however the war ended, a plunge into completing his law degree did seem a bit promising. He had all of the knowledge needed, he just needed the supervision for it. If spying hadn't taken up so much of his time, a career in law didn't seem unsuitable for him.

        ❝ Yes. ❞ It was a noble profession, a profitable one if he played his cards right and with growing up with a Magistrate as a father, he was sure he could make a solid living form it. Ensuring his son's future freedom was always seen as more important than anything else.

#asks #richardxoliverxmayhew #( 𝑩𝒐𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒚 ; asks (( Abe )) #( 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 ; Abe ) #( okay so the reason why he became a cabbage farmer is because of the whole marriage to Mary thing and dropping out of King's College ) #( but I do think Abe wants a sense of making his life his own ) #( he shared a similar interest in law as his father but I think in the back of his mind pursing law was to gain respect from Richard ) #( since Thomas was seen as the favorite and praised way mroe than Abe ever was ) #( I headcanon that before going to King's College Abe didn't relaly know what he wanted to do and did some odd jobs around Setauket ) #( eventually fell onto pursuing a degree because he would be closer to Thomas and Richard probably kinda pressed him to choose something ) #( which in turn with his law degree he learned more about British law and found some errors in it which rove him more towards patriotism ) #( I do see Abe maybe pursuing law post turn but that's likely because the real abe did just that after the war )