"Oh ha ha, sir," Phillip shot back, taking in the full extent of the injuries his Mentor suffered in the wake of the bidding. Getting the ice was no problem and he'd been refining his first aid skills, applying pressure and cold in specific points to make the feverish skin reduce in siz. He'd been making sure that he would never be caught off guard as he'd been with Venus or anyone. "You're barely walking, are you sure you can't nap first before bathing? That, that make-up's caked on pretty good." Especially around the Victor's neck scar, "May I at least clean that off?"

To have it so hidden, Gray figured he would get a no for an answer; this wasn't something to be proud of. Though there is a lingering sense of secrecy in Lockhearst's behavior, he still asks, "Meeting didn't go so well, right?" The truth would have the former guard now Tribute reeling: that Linden agreed to do something so self-destructive.