Chapter 4:

  New hire's not what I expected today. It isn't really what I expect anyday.

  What a perfect girl for the job, though. When she told me she couldn't read the signs I was excited for the first time in a long while. The whispers that I put on those things were special. If you had the gift you would see the wrong thing, or the right thing depending on what sign you looked at. It was a little test to weed out the more appropriate candidates, and she passed with flying colors.

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  I was worried for a moment when she made to leave, but I was even more impressed when she came back. It takes a special kind of person to do that, a strange one. Strange is exactly what it takes to do this job.

  It was convenient that Andy came in. Andy's good starting point for her. If after Andy she still wants the job she'll be a keeper.

  But it ain't going to be easy. Andy typically doesn't come to me with anything simple. We'll see how it goes. Can't say that I'm not excited, though. It's been a long time working alone.

  Maybe a little too long.