[Ahtem delivers her reply some two hours later. The corners are wrinkled. She cried on it.]

Zack,

Please, don't come. Not yet. I don't trust myself with other people. I have to keep him safe, and no one can see him like this.

But is there anything I need to know about how the... Mako? in your blood interacts with herbs used to heal? Should I be wary of anything? The Maeve made sure he cannot quickly heal.

He seemed distressed when I accidentally swallowed some of his blood. [Oh. That's what we're calling it. What a sterile, sanitized, edited version of events, Regina.] Why?

Yours,
Regina