Director of the Optimization Directorate. She leads the Stabilization Suite, built the Directorate's protocols from her years running a community grief clinic in the Bronzeville corridor, and in Part 2 authorises the Failsafe (the Quiet Branch absolute rollout). Part 1 shows her as a volumetric projection offering a recovery clinic. Digital_One addresses her as 'Director Mills'.
From the books
“Dr. Helen Mills did not think of Manifest City as a machine.”
Part 1, Chapter 5: Public Safety, p. 91
“Dr. Helen Mills rendered in flawless life-size proportions.”
Part 1, Chapter 11: Ocrite Split, p. 262
Stills

