Shades. [ is an acknowledgement and an answer. elaboration: ] A friend of mine's set up a temporary clinic. She wants some supplies stored somewhere separate in case that goes to shit.

[ so Shades Darker it is, not so very long after they first met there but under violently different circumstances. Rosalind's composition is eerie now, sits uncomfortably when John knows there's something behind it that he's wilfully ignoring. but it's not his business, they barely know each other, and so for now he leaves it alone. ]

Do you need a breather before we head off?