It took me a day, but I'm feeling better now. [She takes one of the extra chairs.] Between...that, and a near-miss I had earlier in the month, though, I'm not sure if the sessions I've been putting myself through in the Cage will be enough.

[Though, if Valvatorez can recall, among those who had gotten fully caught-up in the hunt, nobody whose description was a match for Desidera had been there, which would tell him that she had somehow managed to keep herself out of it. Though she did have some assistance, it probably says something about how much of an effort she's been putting toward staying in control.]