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Agatha's fellow agent abandons Parvati's shell, infiltrates a Borant-employed human near Mumbai, and continues as Alexandro.
Agent 21 peeled from the collective alongside Agatha and entered Earth at the same time. The two friends have not met physically in a decade.
Near Mumbai, Parvati discovers a forward team using prior mapping. She approaches two Borant-employed humans, kills one, and infiltrates the other without splitting herself.
The new host will soon be fully controlled, but the transfer leaves her depleted. She enters the team's transport under the name Alexandro and exchanges the farewell blessing that the Eulogist may ever sleep.
One hidden consciousness leaving an old human shell and taking over a new operative beside a Mumbai transport.
Parvati secures direct access to the special Mumbai operation for Agatha's side.