ISLA
"The expertise and the company," Isla admits with a warm smile, steady against the shivering hysteria that seems to threaten in the spaces between Nate's words and actions. "You are the only other doctor I know these days. One with any training, anyway." Even if he hadn't gotten his licence, it's still better than all he others between here and the Hollowed Grounds.
She pauses as well to gaze at the unfinished project - there are a few of those around the garden, Isla notes, and she turns back to Nate to give him her full concentration when Remi's name hits the air. "Oh, you did?" she echoes, raising an eyebrow before her expression melts into something more akin to concern. "I know that things aren't great, between the two of you," she says. "What happened?" He wouldn't have brought it up if something hadn't, she figures.
She pauses as well to gaze at the unfinished project - there are a few of those around the garden, Isla notes, and she turns back to Nate to give him her full concentration when Remi's name hits the air. "Oh, you did?" she echoes, raising an eyebrow before her expression melts into something more akin to concern. "I know that things aren't great, between the two of you," she says. "What happened?" He wouldn't have brought it up if something hadn't, she figures.
apres moi le deluge
after me comes the flood
after me comes the flood
