Given her ample spare time Alyssa had produced one of the knives stored away on her person and well used whetstone. It was sharp enough she knew, but it was an exercise Alyssa undertook when she felt anxious. She was entirely unaware of the resolution and physical exchange Arngeirr, Vernasus and Korsarro going on. Entirely unaware of Valenti's encroaching death. Unaware that Mary had made a recovery. Rather than dwelling on how she was unable to help, she decided to focus on how she could settle accounts.<br/><br/>It was a matter of simple arithmetic. They had caused harm to Mary, so she needed to render an amount of harm onto them. She needed to know if the damage was permanent or not, if the child's lifetime was to be scarred she would make certain the two of them had their own injuries to remind them of what they had done. Ideally she would just remove the Bee keeper's tongue and the Alchemist's hands. Remove the first one's ability to speak his creed and remove the later's ability to finely handle his beloved chemicals. It seemed an equivalent exchange if Mary was saddled with a lifetime of pain and discomfort.<br/><br/>She paused in her sharpening, blowing on the blade before wiping at it with a rag.<br/><br/>Wolfram wouldn't like that. So such a level of balancing was out of the question. Breaking bones was more plausible. Those heal, and if she did it well enough they could heal incorrectly. Blame it on a fall or clumsiness on their part. Possible but still hard to do. The idea of approaching Wolfram and asking his permission in carrying out her justice crossed her mind, but she did away with it quickly. If she asked it'd merely raise suspicion on her part.<br/><br/>Alyssa's cold stare snapped up from her work when Arngeirr and Korsarro came in. She watched the both of them, calculating. She was still in brooding mode, taking a moment to gather her thoughts as she opened her coat a little and sheathed the blade in a side pocket and putting the whetstone away.<br/><br/>“No, no. It's fine Arngeirr. Gave me time to think, it was a welcome duty.” She paused as the pieces started falling in place. “And thank you, for entrusting me with something so important to you.”<br/><br/>Alyssa gave a nod at Korsarro. “No problem Kor, things got a little hectic back there and everything.”<br/><br/>Her voice was low and flat, clearly controlled but even still she couldn't keep the tremble of emotion out of it.<br/><br/>“H-how is Mary doing?”