wouldn't change how it ended

"Would that it was," Isla says apologetically, though little is she to know that Remi will be the one doing the apologising soon enough. And despite their friendship, despite everything they are and ever have been to each other, she'll feel that the apology is necessary. Indeed, she grows nearly impossibly still as he begins to explain, the medic swallowing hard and giving his hand a squeeze that she doesn't release. "To free us?" she repeats, sounding doubtful. Because it probably won't be freedom that those in the Greatwood come to deliver, she's sure. "Luckily I don't think many Ascended dare to sneak among the trees, these days." Still, with the whole murder barrier situation, she can't really complain much. But there's more to come, and she does glance up at Remi this time, a mix of startled and uncertain by his revelation. "So you invited me out here because you need my blood?" ISLA pray for me pray to me