Amara accepts her position with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime six months after graduation, relocating to Vienna for what promises to be her most significant professional challenge yet.
"I'm nervous," she admits during a video call with Talia the night before her flight, packed suitcases visible behind her in her nearly empty apartment. "This feels considerably bigger than anything I've attempted before."
"Every significant step forward feels that way initially," Talia reassures her, drawing on decades of accumulated wisdom despite her own continued careful health management. "I remember feeling exactly that same uncertainty walking onto the Exchange floor for the first time, decades ago."
"But you'd already survived so much by then," Amara points out. "I've had a comforta
