Giselle

Giselle is a records and information management clerk, one of hundreds of thousands of workers (a biosocial category that transcends occupation) in xir particular cell block. Xe does data management for Avaricia, the sector of Hell which sees the most transactions, especially with foreign polities (including Earth). When an anomaly on an border reading (measuring the level of magic in those who travel to and from Hell, always trying to ensure more enters than leaves) catches xir eye, xe takes it upon xemself to find the magically-potent statistical outlier and determine if they are a threat to national security.

After their department supervisor puts in a good word, Giselle is assigned Ari, an Ira soldier, as a tracker and bodyguard on this quest. The two do not get along: Ari takes Giselle to be dogmatic, bossy, and pompous, while Giselle views him as defective, lazy, and disrespectful.