Life rapidly returned to normal for Craig, but not so for Lek. She had a new job which she had to learn a great deal about and quickly. She knew what the basic functions of an Orbortor were, because she had had one scrutinize her every move when she was ward councillor, but she didn’t know what they did when they weren’t making councillors’ lives difficult. She could only imagine that her task would now be to oversee the local overseers.
Still, she had to learn which forms and reports she would be expected to file, how often and to whom, and whatever else there was to find out about the secret art. Courses had been laid on by the provincial government for all levels of Orbortor: refresher courses in the most modern techniques for the more experienced and beginners’ courses for the first-t
