The peace commission's work continued successfully without me being there constantly hovering over everything and the staff I'd spent years training proved they were more than capable of handling complex situations which was both validating and a little humbling if I was being honest.

"Turns out I'm not as essential as I thought I was" I told Penelope during one of our regular phone calls.

"Nobody's truly essential" she said "The world keeps turning without any single one of us."

"That's kind ...