#rio post

"While taxus brevifolia is effective, and the tea I made is strong, it still takes time. And without knowing how long before Zhifeng called me they even ingested it.....not knowing the speed in which it traveled, on top of not even knowing how supernaturals even react....." Words trail off with a note of frustration, shoulders uncharacteristically tense on the pureblood's usually easygoing frame. Such severity was unnatural on his features. "Too much is unknown, too many factors unidentified for me to have enough answers." His hand stills as if the metaphorical lightbulb had gone off. "Yet, the cure seemed almost....too easy. Does that make sense?"

Rio meets his brother's gaze with puzzlement, not really following this train of thought though he knew he'd get an explanation. It had been this way since they were kids.

"It's as if poisoning them wasn't the goal. The poison wasn't really the point in all this. Is there a message here? Something I'm not seeing?" He starts muttering to himself as he tries to put puzzle pieces together without having them all. Without even having half if he's being honest. "Maybe there was something to steal here? Zhifeng does possess quite a number of material items of value, and I'd assume Altyn has her own treasures tucked away. So maybe material belongings-" "What about you?"

"Hm? No, I don't think I possess nearly the collection of valua-"

"No, no!" Rio cuts Kaede off for the second time, not sure why he thinks he's right, knows he's right, but he was having some sort of...."gut feeling" that made him almost positive. (Not actually positive because you couldn't actually be positive without evidence proving blah blah blah or whatever Kaede went on about) But Rio feels that he's onto something. "What if the goal wasn't them at all? What if it's you? I mean, who else would make an antidote that fast?"

Kaede turns back to Zhifeng, his jewel, laying on the bed. So gorgeous and lovely as any sleeping beauty, stable, yet chest rising a bit too shallow still for the coroner's liking.

"Me? Improbable. I can't imagine what I'd have to offer whoever did this." Though Kaede would find out who was responsible. Find out and make sure they truly understood the full splendor of the seven trillion nerves that made up the body's nervous system.

Rio sighs at being shut down so quickly, but doesn't argue it. No point to it right now with his brother's mind more focused on making sure these two made it through. While Kaede definitely had a bias, he'd been splitting his time moving between the two rooms to make sure vital signs were on the incline. With a freshly wet cloth in hand, Rio makes his way back to his chair by Altyn's bedside, gently brushing damp bangs aside to lay it flat along her forehead. "Miss Altyn, I feel it. I feel that I'm right." He touches her cheek gently before withdrawing.