Oh, the oil had worked nicely. She had lept back just when the staff made a connection. She was pleased with the payback, but not so much the state of Dan's neck. She stepped forward when he stood and gently put her fingers over where Derwent's had been, and massaged.
"They're lucky you need one of them around or I'd send them all screaming to hel. I was a viking damn it. I can be loud enough." Her fingers were gentle. She had been in his place more than enough times, while she didn't need to breathe it did still cause an ache. "But he'll get his. I swear it."