After a hectic and heated meeting of the council, we finally have a plan together.
The human memories of Mia Greywing are apparently too far back to be reached easily, and according to Simon, it is physically not possible to clear everything through memory alterations. This has been confirmed by other council members with memory experience. However. We do have a more extreme option.
The transition from human to angel caused Mia to forget all of her past memories for a time. Ideally, I would have liked to find out what it was that triggered recovery, but the council have been pushing for action for some time. Thankfully however, with her in custody, we have control over her surroundings. I have learned of an experimental process- to pass an angel back through the cycle post-harvesting.
The arrangements have been made.
Seeing as we can’t split an angel’s spirit from their body, the two will be one and the same, effectively following this concept of reincarnation. The process should be enough to recreate the effects of the previous transition, if not, we’ve lost nothing by trying. And if this works. We’ll have wiped her memory clean.
I’ll be overseeing the process myself, along with our medical professionals and my subordinate Kris, who has kindly volunteered to observe and guard Mia after the event. We’ll be keeping her away from any familiar locations or people, and taking some time to see that she is not a danger to us or anybody else- the rumours of the ‘twice baked’ angel are at the forefront of everybody’s minds... It’s a risk. But if we can keep her from remembering, then even if those are true, it shouldn’t be a problem for us. As harsh as it sounds, we could use her power to our advantage. Only in dire straights of course.
The main thing is to get this done safely.
We’ll move her tomorrow morning. I suppose I’ll have to break the news myself- she at least deserves that.
It’s hard not to feel sombre. Or cruel. But this isn’t a death sentence- this is a second, or rather, third chance at a happy life. And we should treat it as such. This is a chance to resolve this for all parties, and no-one has to die.
I just pray that this works.. For all our sakes.