I eliminated the sentence to the effect that "no legal authority has been offered for this devolution" because it's confusing  what legal authority is needed for a change from honors student to accomplice of Clyde? Everybody agrees she was Clyde's accomplice, which is what the previous quote says, so it doesn't make sense. Also, , just for the record, I'm a he. Usually I'm rude enough so it's obvious, I must be mellowing..