Now it was too late for her to make an escape. She could pretend that the Infirmary super urgently needed a specific ingredient, take it, and slink off. But it was too risky that Bax would casually mention it, to Miss Prewett or someone else who knew Miss Prewett, and then Meer would be fired and disgraced for stealing ingredients and still not have the original copy of her healing license.

"...No," she said, "Well, yes, but nothing in here."

What had she ever done to deserve this? Yes, she could be an asshole, but she wasn't this much of an asshole.

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