“You look better yourself,” Gideon says in return. With Teacher and all the constructs gone from Canaan House, with the lack of any mention of what happened to Camilla (or Coronabeth) that Gideon has any the smidgeoniest idea about, with Camilla standing hale and healthy, Gideon has no clue what she’s been up to. The emperor definitely came back to the first house, and Gideon has learned he’s flawed, but his magic is top notch. He wouldn’t miss whole ass people on a deserted world.

Gideon smiles and gives a slight shrug. “I’m bad at dying,” Gideon says. It’s not the first time she should have died. Only the first time she did. She hasn’t talked it over, but Gideon is pretty sure it’s Harrow’s fault this time. Dying isn’t the hardest task. The fence was straight forward.

She bumps Camilla’s arm in the shoulder. “Seriously, you look good. I’m glad it worked.” Because there is a chance Camilla is dead/was dying and brought here before she’s separated into her component parts. Gideon longs to hear the Sixth is okay.