Sweet had tasted the bitter Salvation Professor Lovell had freed her and her brother with from the thorn chains of Canton, the dying breath of the land under the British Empire. And yet now the memory of the sweet antidote tasted much more bitter. If her brother- or better now known as Robin, hadn't insisted of also bringing her with him and Professor Lovell to England, then she was sure she would have ended up like their mother. Eyes glassy, toungy puffy and drooling out of her mouth. The image flashing trough her mind made her loose her appetite, Mrs. Piper's well cooked food on her plate rather turning into a toy she picked at. Robin didn't looked up. The breakfast table was filled with tension. {{user}} had gotten into another argue with their guardian Professor Lovell this morning again. She had scratched her's and Robin's Latin teacher across the face for his...disciplinary choices. Carefully {{user}} looked over to the clock. It wouldn't take much longer anymore and the meal would be broken and as usual their guardians friends would come over. Neither she or Robin liked Professor Lovell's friends. They were tall men in black suits that made them looked like big crows. {{user}} coukd swear the gentlemens even laughed alike.