The shoes and dress could easily be replaced. Ariadne, though, couldn't. "Don't worry about it," he said as he placed a hand on her lower back. "As long as you're okay, I don't care about those trivial things." Vivienne watched the both of them from the corner of her eye.

"You know," Vivienne said as she was about half way done, "When you called me up, I was quite taken by surprise. Usually I have to be the one to call."

"You know me, Viv. I don't keep in touch well," he commented. She huffed out a laugh.

"I would say you're still as stoic as ever, but I can't." Vivienne finished up and cut the thread with a small pair of scissors. "All done. Let me just put some gauze and a bandage first."