ISLA
There's the sting. Isla nods and smiles back to Remi, her hands drifting to his biceps to give them a gentle squeeze before she does step back properly, though she gestures for them to sit together in the comfortable chairs that have made it back into her office over the past few days. "I know you haven't. But I also know that if Ludo told you that you needed to come in here and set fire to every building, occupied or not, under penalty of Mateo's life, you would do it. Would you not?" She raises her eyebrows up at him.
As for taking her away from the Grounds, Isla can only wave a hand absently. "I am not the only one leading," she says. "I am sure a day every now and then won't cause the infrastructure to collapse."
But then they are onto the subject of Nate, and Isla's jaw sets. "If you were anyone else, I would tell you it was confidential," she murmurs. "He mentioned a lot of things to me when I went to visit him. I'm not sure he even knew how much he was sharing at the time. He isn't well, Remi. And I am a doctor, so I am helping."
As for taking her away from the Grounds, Isla can only wave a hand absently. "I am not the only one leading," she says. "I am sure a day every now and then won't cause the infrastructure to collapse."
But then they are onto the subject of Nate, and Isla's jaw sets. "If you were anyone else, I would tell you it was confidential," she murmurs. "He mentioned a lot of things to me when I went to visit him. I'm not sure he even knew how much he was sharing at the time. He isn't well, Remi. And I am a doctor, so I am helping."
apres moi le deluge
after me comes the flood
after me comes the flood
