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The Supervisor of Trench Four

Ilaria Bruzzi

Trench supervisor on a licensed excavation in the Peloponnese, who argues with the director for a living and is right often enough to keep getting away with it.

in Trench Four — Ilaria & Feven, the Last Night of the Dig

A compact, sun-darkened young woman in her early twenties, built by six seasons of moving earth for a living — hard forearms, strong shoulders, an adult woman's proportions under a work shirt grey with trench dust. Dark curls escape a faded bandana, and trowel dirt is worked permanently into the creases of her hands.

Shows affection by
words of affirmation
In conflict
meets conflict head-on
Habits
draws sections in the air with both hands while she talks; taps her trowel against her boot when she is deciding something; fills everyone else's mug before her own

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