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"Won't it be strange to the others that she's so short, though? The Innu aren't all that tall, but few are as small as Nico." She asked.

"I can be taller if you like. I can even be giant sized, but by the way, your hand rests on my head, I think that you secretly like this size." Nikki replied in an earnest tone.

Mary smiled. "We are going to get along well. Now, no hurry to call the others, let's all get caught up on the gossip and personal details first."

The Gossip was actually an important part of being a minister's assistant, as it would shape the interactions that they were expected to have, either because others believed them, and expected that they would be true, or because the gossip was about something that the person in question had done, and it would affect the request that they were making.