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she took aim and let her arrow fly, but it didn’t affect her aim.  She hit her target easily, the impact creating a brief spark before the arrow dissipated into nothing, its usefulness at an end. 
     
    “Then I’ll meet you at the target.” Muriel drew her own bow, taking aim.  “I’m not going to Australia, Jari.  At least, I don’t think I am.”
     
    The truth was, she wasn’t exactly sure where she was going.  Char had said he wanted to show her something, but he hadn’t told her what. 
     
    He had found her again yesterday, while she was waiting with Jari at the movie theater for a first date couple to show up.  She enjoyed the “love at first sight” assignments.  This was a blind date, so it was even more fun.  The two had been set up by another couple, who would accompany them on a double date.  Jari was more excited about seeing the newly released movie than the assignment— An American in Paris.  Jari had been so engrossed in Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, she barely noticed when Char appeared. 
     
    But Muriel had noticed.  She’d been hoping to run into him for a week, wondering if she’d ever see him again.  A few times, she felt a sort of buzzy warmth, like she had before she’d heard his voice telling her to close her eyes, and wondered if he was near, unseen, but he’d never appeared.  Not until he’d suddenly materialized in the seat beside her, making Muriel nearly jump out of her chair. 
     
    They’d spent an hour in the lobby talking, people-watching, before Muriel got a push from The Maker and remembered she had an arrow to shoot.  That’s when Char had told her he wanted to show her something.
     
    “Tomorrow,” he said.  “After practice.  I’ll come for you.”
     
    He seemed to know a lot about the cherubim, what they did, when they did it.  Far more than they knew about the seraphim. 
     
    Of course, she’d said yes.
     
    Jari had pouted when she returned, both because of Muriel’s absence—“You missed the best parts!”—and also because of the company she’d been keeping while she was gone.  Muriel knew Jari didn’t approve of her new friend, even though she hadn’t said a word.  She didn’t have to.  You didn’t spend eons working side by side with someone without learning all the signs of trouble, long before it started. 
     
    Jari was like a teapot.  She simmered slowly until she finally went off.  Muriel had discovered it was far better to take the kettle off the heat before that happened, and she usually accommodated her partner without a second thought.  Jari was headstrong, opinionated, and stubborn—but she was also fun, if a little crazy sometimes.  Mostly, Muriel enjoyed her company.  She thought of the little fey they’d seen, high-fiving behind the back of the nurse, and smiled.  She and Jari were like that, teasing and joking and having a good time, because what better job was there than spreading love through the world?
     
    Muriel had sensed Jari starting to simmer yesterday, after she’d hurried into the darkened movie theater to join her partner for the last five minutes of the show.  They’d hit their target, no problem, just as the lights came up and the couple started to rise.  Muriel usually would have lingered to watch that golden thread begin to twine, but she had wanted to see if Char was still waiting in the lobby.  And Jari knew it, especially after Muriel had informed her that she was going to meet him again the following day. 
     
    “Well how long will you be?” Jari lifted her bow, taking aim again. 
     
    “I don’t know,” Muriel confessed.  “I told you, I’m not even sure where we’re going.”
     
    “What’s all the secrecy about?” Jari let her arrow fly, a little satisfied smile touching her face when she hit the center of the target.  “You know, I’m not sure the seraphim are even supposed to be hanging around with the cherubim.”
     
    “It’s not a secret.” Muriel