Marlene was tired. No not tired, exhausted she thought as she made her rounds in the infirmary. Between tending to the injuries everyone had sustained, the petrifying of the poisoned and making sure Peter and Theo weren't working themselves to literal death, and keeping up with Regulus and the research it had been a long week. But that was the way it was. That was the life of a healer. Some times things all piled up at once and you just had to work through it. Some days were hard, and hopefully few were filled with heartache.
At least now they had hope. The research Savannah had received held great promise. They were close now, she could feel it in her bones.
It was time to swing by and see Scorpius and see where his head was at. His body she knew all to well how that felt physically, but his mind was something else. That was harder and took more time. Marlene pulled out a chair and sat alongside Scorpius, placing her hand delicately on his own and offering an encouraging smile.
"Don't you worry about me. I've gotten by with less sleep for longer," she said and it was true and while it was the first time here, she doubted it would be the last. "I am here for that. But first I want to know what you want. What are your expectations?" She asked.