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That said, there was a difference between having that information and knowing what to do with it. She was relatively confident that Mina wouldn’t recognize her - she’d been a small child when they’d met, so differences in appearance were much more extreme. The time they’d spent together almost certainly hadn’t made as much of an impact on Mina’s life as it had on her own, either. So the question was, did she want Mina to recognize her? On the one hand, it would be pretty embarrassing to connect her current self to the feral child she’d been when they’d met. On the other though, she was looking for as many allies as she could find here in Port Vale. Finding an ally in Mina wasn’t quite so essential as allying with Assyria’s leaders, but the connection could potentially make it easier to earn trust from non-sirens. She could try to befriend the woman without making it clear who she was, of course, but it might be more difficult to earn her trust that way. On the other hand - would revealing who she was even help? It was a very long time ago that they had known each other, and who Gemma had been at a few years old didn’t entirely define who she was now.

She’d been weighing her options on that front ever since she’d first caught sight of the woman, a few weeks ago, and still hadn’t come to a decision on how to handle the situation. Her predicament wasn’t exactly top of mind as she went about her day, though it quickly surfaced to the front and center of her mind as she rounded a corner and had to stop short to avoid running directly into Mina. It would seem that she had just about run out of time to decide. “Hey, sorry about that - are you alright?” She was positive she hadn’t actually run into Mina and that there was no real need for her to apologize, but it seemed the most acceptable thing to say out of what she’d noticed humans tended to say in the event of a near collision. 

“Look... Look, I know, I know...” Aurora spoke into the phone, voice threatening to crack. “I promise I understand this time. I have the right amount just-” She gulped, realizing Mina had caught sight of her speaking on the phone alone - the only person sitting outside the cafe on a particularly chilly day. “Just meet me in the same place as before.” She quickly hung up and mustered a smile to her approaching friend while trying to clear her mind of the horrible thoughts and pretend she wasn’t aware she’d was on the verge of falling apart any day now.

Ever since she’d lost contact with the guy that had been dealing her Sinners, she’d had to find a new person and they demanded more money than the other. It’d been a mess. The whole process was sickening - it was something Aurora had never wanted herself to get into. But if this is what it took to keep herself and her powers as strong as possible... wasn’t it worth it? Still. She could not let Mina know she was going through this. She had to find a way for this thing that was taking over her thoughts lately to get pushed to the back.

Narcissa knew that Lucius was a busy man. It was one of the things that she admired the most about her husband. She knows no other man that was his husband’s age who was as dedicated to his family as Lucius. Admittedly, she doesn’t like the fact that it meant he has less time for his family. But at the end of the day, she knew more than anyone that Lucius was doing everything he can for her and little Draco.