haven't we been here before

It was easy for Loren to get lost in his grief. Given the death of one of his best friends, the surprise of meeting his former friend's surprise demi-god daughter, and the general feeling of helplessness and loneliness he felt in Halo, he needed something to distract him or else he'd fall into a self-destructive spiral once again. So he spent long hours in the infirmary, grinding herbs into pastes and salves, making bandages, putting together medical kits, all for a disaster he prepared for but never seemed to come to him. There were dark circles, and he tossed some leaves and roots into his mortar, then used a bit too much force in crushing them with the pestle. Delphine LOREN Not quite an open book