"I didn't even know that people had to deal with corruption in the dream. Maybe I just never got around to seeing that. I had a blood minister look over me while he was helping with Varian though, since the truth is that at least half the house was dealing with some kind of corruption."

Varian unfortunately just got the worse of it, and his descent was enough to scare everyone else into not trying to shoulder it on their own. In any case, Luz was glad to help Vira a little, and put her hand in the older woman's.

"Maybe one day! I mean, who knows? A dress, maybe, or an actual Valentine! That would be, well, nice."

Not that she had any idea who'd fit the bill there.