Better halves

Believe it or not, Heather works part-time for Dorothea, Hendrik's girlfriend. They work in a University research institute called Molecular Organisation and Assembly of Cells (MOAC) and handle administrative matters of all sorts. In a nutshell: they deal with catastrophes as they come, eat biscuits, drink coffee, and "work hard". Needless to say, Dorothea and Heather get along just fine...