She followed soon afterwards, and the door eventually opened. While she rested a reassuring hand on the beast's shoulder, one of the Ministers came out. They had first a transfusion set up, but as soon as they saw Luz, they put the needle away and produced a bowl before giving her a quizzical look.

"I believe we're already making progress. I will stay with her throughout," she said. That got a nod, though there was a slightly annoyed expression as they started to pour out warmblood for Luz into the bowl. It was pretty obvious to the minister that Vira-Lorr was playing favorites here and that she was making sure someone didn't get taken to the wrong sections of the Luminarium, where patients didn't always leave.