The same could be said for how there was still no new Balancer to fill the vacant position that had resulted from suffering those losses.
With them struggling to rebuild, they continued to maintain relations with Ash and got in touch with her quite often so that she could assist them with their regular duties.
Not only was it better for the sake of making things easier for all of them to have one extra person, but it also made it much safer, resulting in there being a lower chance of there being any casualties each time they went out.
Even if they did happen to find others to fill the void of those who had been lost, it was still not guaranteed that they would be able to gain someone as useful as Ash.
It was just as possible that such replacements would not be a good fit to join them or that it could take time for a new member to adjust to being with them before they could start showing what they were capable of doing for them.
