Cards on the table. “I’m the deputy director for operations.”“What does that mean?” he asked.“I’m sort of the boss,” she said.“Like ...other Superior?”“Exactly like that,” she said, capitalizing on his background. At least she hoped she was capitalizing. If “Mother Superior” wielded a ruler for small infractions, his memory of her might not be rosy.“Is there a priest here?” he asked.“A Priest?”“I haven’t been to confession in a long time,” he said.“I’ll get you a priest,” she said. What she’d get. “That bitch was on heat, it wasn’t his fault.” We were walking back to my home after spending the whole afternoon chasing our dog everywhere at the dog park. If there’s one thing Baxter has, that thing is energy.“Right, but look at him,” Ann said, pointing to the restless dog sniffing and barking at the silliest things the rope of his leash allowed him to. “Baxter, no, st-AHH!” She said right before Baxter tied her legs and tripped her - luckily - towards my arms. “He wouldn’t be so high on his. I wasn’t happy you were at risk, but I am glad you were able to help.”Cailan looked from me to Alistair with one raised eyebrow. “I thought she was going to yell at me.”“Me too,” Alistair agreed. “Not that you wouldn’t have deserved it. But I’m sure she’s just glad you returned safe.”“She is sitting right here,” I complained, and they both laughed. “No, but seriously. If you’d gotten yourself killed, I would not have been pleased with you. But I can’t argue with your results.”“It was a near. "Do you want me to do, what you asked me to?" Aisha asked, in a whisper.A hoarse rasp answered her, "Do it."Aisha silently went up to a closet, and rapidly set up to IVs which she hooked up to veins on each of Lila's arms. She hung up two bags of IV fluid which she opened wide. Once the sugar and salt solution flowed briskly into Lila's arms, she resumed her position, by her head, helping the suffering girl drink, when she was able to.Time passed slowly, and Aisha replaced the IV bags with new.