ISLA
The reason why neither father nor son have been able to find Isla instantly is largely due to the fact that, when fires happen, burns happen too. She'd been able to suffocate the spread of the flames with her magic, snuffing them out before they can leave little more than a charred bit of velvet, but one of the girls behind the bar had suffered a nasty scorch on the back of her palm in the efforts leading up to that moment.
As a field medic she's able to patch wounds and apply first aid in places much worse than the back room of a bar, and so when she emerges, it's having dressed the girl's hand and with two drinks on the house for herself and Remi. "I've changed my mind. I feel right at home here," she says cheerfully as she is beckoned back over, only to find herself speechless at being face to face with Mateo after so long.
"I saw you at the Hanged Man," she says, a touch shy. "But I remember you when you were only little."
As a field medic she's able to patch wounds and apply first aid in places much worse than the back room of a bar, and so when she emerges, it's having dressed the girl's hand and with two drinks on the house for herself and Remi. "I've changed my mind. I feel right at home here," she says cheerfully as she is beckoned back over, only to find herself speechless at being face to face with Mateo after so long.
"I saw you at the Hanged Man," she says, a touch shy. "But I remember you when you were only little."
apres moi le deluge
after me comes the flood
after me comes the flood
