(i promise i'm not usually this excruciatingly slow) and she sounds wonderful! rian got a bit of a late start and only joined the pd roughly 2.5 years ago and works in a patrol unit so basically he's still just a peon but enjoys being a peon? more social, less depressing. but ultimately has dreams of becoming a detective--eventually. when did she become an academy trainer? the timing might not line up for them to cross paths that way but they could've met through alternative but still work-related means?