"Azula sent it to me last Arena." Venus' face gets very serious. "The first one you met me, I was off it. The fact that I made it as far as I did is because Kankri was taking care of me and I did the last few weeks of it manic instead of depressed."

Not that mania was safe, because off-kilter and sleep-deprived and unable to eat isn't exactly a winning combo for the Arena, but it beat out lying at the bottom of the stairwell crying and unable to get up.

"But," Venus lifts her chin slightly, "I'm sure it made for fantastic viewing, me going out of my head."