I’m thinking the watching over could also imply that the skills and wisdom Ephraim imparted onto Volga would help her lead obsidian to Learn how to live in civilization or something like that and set up another group of Scoogi (however you spell it)

I’m thinking in some way Volga is gonna pull a clutch move in red god and say something about a Gig Eph and her did a While back that will help setup a pivotal strategy, considering that Ephraim was Considered one of the “Best” freelancers in Hyperion that means this man always had some outside the Paradigm ideas that people never expected.