I have news for you which is truly excellent, but which I meet with some consternation. Inca has been removed from Mary’s case.
She is relieved, of course, for this means that Mary is out of danger for now. We have succeeded in building sufficient support for her that she will not hurt herself. Still, she like me was sorrowful that we would not be working together.
I mentioned this to Eburnean, who had come with Danit to give us the news, and they both laughed. “This is not the end of your partnership,” Eburnean told us. “Merely the end of your first assignment together. You both have done so well that we are eager to have you work together again.”
“I would like to make clear, however,” Danit said, “that you, Asa’el, will still be working with Mary. I agree with you that she is ready for her first partner, and I have a few candidates for you to consider.”
“And do not think that the two of you will be very far away in the near future,” Eburnean added, their sharp pale eyes on Inca. “Your newest assignment, Inca, will be someone the both of you already know.”
They would say no more, so we both had to be content with that.
I am to meet with Danit soon to discuss who might be a good match for Mary, and Inca will learn who her new charge will be from Eburnean tomorrow. I believe it will be one of the girls we have already known, one of Mary’s bullies—perhaps Kayla. I never did like what I saw of her stepfather, and it would relieve me to have Inca looking out for her. And if that is the case, then I will hardly see any less of Inca than I already do.
Changes coming! We shall have to see what exactly they entail.