Cheesy Mac Reagan strained to remember the young man's name and finally recalled what she had seen on his application. She explained to the group, "Everyone, this is Alec Dumond. He will be serving as the new liaison-in-training and will also be assisting both myself and Bella in a variety of other tasks as needed. I would like each of you to help him get acquainted to what being a liaison is all about. Explain your roles and show him around the office and the Ministry."
Reagan paused as a rather pregnant Alison entered the room. A couple months ago Reagan had thought Alison merely had gained a few pounds - perhaps spent too much time and money down at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, but now it was very clear that her weight was not from ice cream. It was a good thing they had a new liaison-in-training to help out because she assumed Alison would be taking a maternity leave and they'd need the extra hands while she was away.
After Alison had taken a seat, Reagan looked back to Alec and requested, "Mr. Dumond, why don't you stand up and introduce yourself. Tell everyone where you're from and what brought you here to work at the Ministry."
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