The email arrived Monday morning, from the innovation track's program coordinator, subject line brisk and administrative: Adviser Confirmation — Amara Grid Submission. Zarina almost didn't open it right away, assuming it was the standard confirmation for whichever name she'd eventually put down on the form she still hadn't submitted, the decision she'd been quietly avoiding since the noticeboard outside the department office.
She opened it standing in the kitchen, coffee in hand, and read the first line twice before she trusted it.
Professor J. McIntyre has agreed to serve as faculty adviser for your innovation track submission, effective immediately. Please schedule an initial review meeting at your earliest convenience.
She set the coffee down.
"That's a face," Sugar said from the co
