"Maybe. I do like my work at the forge, in a way -- you can turn off your brain and go on autopilot with the physical tasks, so it's kind of calming. Soothing. Maybe a bit like meditating. Just getting lost in the movements," Brigitte muses, thinking out loud. "But it's not really... fun in the same way. I still need a break from it sometimes."

An unfamiliar admission, that. But in peering at Niska -- who she hasn't seen much in the public spaces or at the few social events, the blonde seems more withdrawn than most, although Niska's oddly more open today -- she's found herself saying it. It's easier to recognise that streak in others than in yourself.