( there's not much privacy that can be offered, alone in a room with a stranger who is about to adjust clothes to fit a figure, but petrana is courteous enough in busying herself with pouring tea and setting out her sewing things while wanda situates herself. once she's undressed — petrana is briskly efficient in measuring her, noting the measurements down, and considering how to start.

with the shift, she decides. work from the foundation out. )

Riftwatch was until two years past a satellite of the Inquisition until that situation became untenable, and Riftwatch became an independent ally — both organizations that functionally exist only because of and in the context of the war. Corypheus fights a war of annihilation, and it's necessary to respond accordingly. We haven't the luxury of being anything other than involved.

( she doesn't mean rifters, specifically, but: yes, rifters, specifically. )

Now, the divisions are a sort of shorthand for the work to which one is best suited - diplomacy, research, scouting and forces. We are led not by a singular individual but by the four heads of those divisions. Ambassador Rutyer, Provost Stark, Scoutmaster Yseult and Commander Flint.

( she helps wanda into the shift so she can mark and pin where it needs to be sewn, adding: ) One's division need not limit the scope of one's contributions. I am, myself, a member of diplomacy; as the chief cryptographer, I answer to our scouting head. And I have worked closely with the commander where necessary and appropriate.