She was not surprised, per se, at the difference between heading a bureau and heading a division, but Elinor Goyle had certainly jumped in the deep end where getting her feet wet was concerned. Mr. Adlard, the outgoing division head (and her new superior, too) had been kind enough to leave a great deal of notes, which Nora was slowly working her way through in amongst meetings, one-on-ones with her new employees, and the regular day-to-day of her new position.

But there came a time for at least a few moments' rest, and so the mid-afternoon saw the witch fixing herself a cup of tea in the breakroom—to be consumed quickly, of course. She was still not used to the solitude of her new office; her former, she had shared with two underlings.

"You don't mind if I sit, do you?" she asked, smiling kindly as she stood near the only occupied table in the room.