Amari had woken up next, a little shaken for some reason. The woman looked like she had experienced a horrible nightmare, somehow looking more exhausted than before.
To no one's surprise, Silas woke up last, shook awake by Virginia five minutes before the meeting.
Lyra had brought Aris a change of clothes once he had finished his tea, her timing as impeccable as ever. To be honest, Aris felt a little guilty about getting in such bad trouble, first day of working for an Ashborne again, and Lyra had already been put through more stress than she had been in the last few years.
He changed in the small anteroom Virginia showed him to and came back out without thinking much about it.
The outfit was practical. That was the main thing, he couldn't really bother to care about appearance right now.
