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Good heavens...are you all right?

Forgive me if that's a stupid question. I'm still a little unsure about your...abilities.

The more I learn about what else is out there, the more I think that perhaps I should have stuck to my own corner of wondrous horror. But I suppose ignorance is no state in which to live.

*faint smile* Amelia. Your concern is... appreciated.

Almost every little thing that they said lurked under your bed or off the edge of the map in darker times than these: they're all real.

Except leprechauns. That's just the fae messing with Ireland.

That's what I was afraid of.

*slight smile* Although I suppose the lack of leprechauns is something to be grateful for.

Will you be all right?

I expect so.

I shall think more carefully next time that the need to act as a vessel for poison blood arises.

It was... a stupid choice.

But I assume a choice that aided others?

Yes.

Then at least you can console yourself with that.

My own actions, I'm ashamed to say, have been rather more selfish over the years. I'm endeavouring to look beyond my own problems although it's a hard habit to break.

Mina... are you okay? *concern*

Poison blood. I didn't... imbibe, but having it in my mouth at all seems to have left me -- shaky.

Is there anything I can do?

I don't think so. But I do appreciate the offer.

Especially given how harsh I was to you the last time we spoke.

If you need anything...

Trust me, nobody has been harsher on me than... well, me. I fully deserved everything I got.

My thanks.

Mademoiselle?

Horrible creatures. Their blood is poison, did you know?

They are not of my lands nor my people...

so no.

[trying hard to keep from swooning]

One of the few ways to kill them is through their own blood...

*touches her arm*

and you did this how?

*wearily* Tooth and claw.

Aha

and you are now....?

Feeling very ill.

I didn't... imbibe, but rather carried the blood in my mouth a while. I suspect I'd be feeling much, much worse otherwise.