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[rainbowfish]

RESEARCH DIVISION

Hey guys. I just got an update from Analeigh on Ernestine. Mrs. Waters revoked her parental consent, so the internship is off. It sounds like the family wasn't happy about it. Apparently her grandmother drove down to the station this morning and tried to get a meeting with Magdy. [...] Not much we can really do about it now.

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[philomathean]

Yeah, Lily mentioned that Ernestine's father is a liminal and that he didn't like reaching out to IRIS for help. Preferred the simple life.

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[cardinal]

Weird.

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[philomathean]

How so?

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[cardinal]

Her dad doesn't trust IRIS enough to reach out for help, but she's obsessed with working for them. That's weird.

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[philomathean]

She probably just wants to understand him better. It sounds like he never told his family exactly what his abilities were.

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[cardinal]

Maybe! Doesn't make it not a lil odd to me.

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[philomathean]

Oh, it definitely is. I'm just not sure if it's Capital O or lower case o odd.

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[cardinal]

I'm not sure either... I guess we'll find out...

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[imaginist]

Most likely, she thinks working with us would be the best way to figure out what happened to her father.

[Links to a couple of articles about Ernest Waters' mysterious disappearance four years ago.]

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[cardinal]

I guess that makes the whole situation entirely normal.

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[imaginist]

Oh, nothing is normal about this. These people having such divisive feelings about IRIS makes it even more intriguing why he disappeared.

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[rainbowfish]

Stop encouraging them.

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[imaginist]

You can't tell me you aren't curious about what happened to him.

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[rainbowfish]

Missing persons mysteries don't usually have happy endings.

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[rainbowfish]

Interesting.

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[philomathean]

I assume it was Ernest's mother who drove down?

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[rainbowfish]

Probably? She never made it past the front gate.

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[philomathean]

Bummer. I'm tempted to take the shuttle up to see her when Grayson is feeling better, but [...] you know, probably shouldn't get involved in family matters.

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[rainbowfish]

I wouldn't bug them.

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[philomathean]

And that's why I'm the bug, not you.

But I'll leave it. It's just disappointing.

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[rainbowfish]

It is. But their family drama is none of our business.

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[stgermaine]

I am too, but I'm afraid it'd only make them dig in their heels.

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[philomathean]

I think Raine's right, we probably shouldn't.

We could write to her though. It's illegal to intercept mail.

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[rainbowfish]

She has our contact information. She can get in touch if she wants to.

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[stgermaine]

I was thinking that in six months or so we could send a formal letter explaining that the opportunity was still available to her but... it sounds like people are taking a more immediate course of action.