Donella is waiting at the agreed upon meeting point to discuss with Hugo anything possibly significant that has come up while he’s been going about the trials with Varian and his little group. Hugo had been traveling with the other alchemist for a couple months now, and this is one of the first times he’s been able to set up a face-to-face meeting with Donella since the start of his mission. Donella glances to the timepiece on her wrist, one of her own inventions. Hugo’s late.