Jaime was a lot of things today, but super pleased wasn't one of them. Lotteries ... didn't end well. The last lottery had ended in reavers, and there'd been an ammo dump just before that. This lottery was an unknown, and there were candles. So were they anticipating a power outage or a lot of really bad smells people were going to want to burn candles to cover?
Or were the candles just some sort of decoy? She didn't know. Or really care. She, however, was interested in transporting a lot of candles from the hardware store into the hotel. If Lily had been here still --
But those were bad thoughts. Lily was gone, and they were slowly but surely filling in the gaps. Not well, and not without some extreme angst, and more than a few tears (at least, there had been the first day, on her part, which she'd done her best to keep from Mal), but they were slowly adjusting to life without Lily and the others.
With a backpack full of candles, Jaime started back through the lobby, though she paused when she caught sight of someone familiar. She did manage a little smile, but she wasn't exactly oblivious to what he and Lily had been up to; Lily talked, after all. "Hey," she greeted Balthazar before she really saw James. Or recognized him for who he was. "How're you holding up?" she asked as she shifted to slip the backpack off. Candles were heavy and she wasn't going to stand there wearing it while they chatted.