( there's a sharp rap against the doorframe of cosima's office, which is not accompanied by any inclination to wait for an answer— gwenaëlle follows the gesture through the door, difficult to read in a way that she rarely is.

maybe it's just not easy to decide how she feels about it, either, )

Some cult forcibly performed the rite of Tranquility on Amsel and sent her back to Kirkwall. They seem to have burned all the basic common sense out of her while they were at it, so she's in the infirmary.

( she hasn't come all the way in. she hasn't sat down. she hasn't —

there wasn't going to be any easy way to say these things. it wasn't going to be a fun conversation. she doesn't know how to do it except like this. )

She called them the knights of the sun. I assume we'll need to find out more information. Also,

( an afterthought, )

it nearly kicked off in the alienage where she'd gone first, but if anyone complains, Carsus stood there and took it while some senile or drunk imbecile had a go at him for trying to make sure Herian got the care they were, as far as I can tell, actively denying her because I can think of no reason she should have been there for longer than thirty minutes and be in the state we found her, and he should be commended for his diplomatic handling of the situation. I would have handled it differently.

( she took her hate crime guy in case she had to do one. )