mary is sineya's cousin and babysits for her daughter, she's also very close to noraca and likewise her little one. she's very big on what she calls her council of wiser women (she's 22, a grad student) and would adore yet another woman to look up to for life advice and just that sense of sisterhood (she grew up in the middle of a pile of boys). maybe we can sift through that to figure out a growing connection?