"Thank you, but its hardly my usual work clothes," she laughed, "Come in and sit wherever you like. Would you like tea? I brought some cinnamon herb tea today. See, its like this. When Jack Uhler was killed, I made my father the Chief of Staff. Well, he tricked me by sliding a bunch of papers he said only needed my signature, and I didn't realize that one of the papers I was signing was making him my physician and allowing him to put me on medical leave for at least 3 weeks. He thinks I am just entirely too thin for being 4 months. At any rate, I did want to see you before September or October. So, I decided to sneak in. But, if my father catches me, at least my jeans will be a handy signal to tell him I am truly not here for the day.
"But, you. Andrian, you have been working all sorts of hours. I do appreciate it, seeing as though I only have, really, you and Ian, aside from my father that I can rely on for right now. I am advertising for several other healers, but you have to stop working so hard. It'll create at least 2 problems for you eventually. First, you're going to burn out. And second, you need time with Belle. That's far too important for you to slight in any way. I want you to start taking better care of yourself. I need you too badly for you to get yourself burned out."