February 21st, 1891 - Dionisia's Bedroom

The salve had worked, but the most interesting part of it was Dionisia's note on the inside of the lid.

She'd had to tell; well, she'd had to tell Xena, because they still shared a room for another month, and Xena could be an unobservant roommate but apparating out would certainly have alerted her. So she'd told Xena she was coming here tonight to help Dionisia with Elliott overnight, and if Xena had been suspicious then it was alleviated by watching Zelda read off the address she needed when she flooed to Ari and Dionisia's that night in her nightdress. She walked through the darkened house, taking careful steps so as to avoid waking Elliott, and pushed Dio's door open when she reached it.

"They know I'm here," Zelda said with a wry smile, once the door was partially open; she took a few steps further inside and closed the door behind her. "What are you thinking of?" Obviously Dionisia had to have something in mind - she wouldn't have summoned Zelda to her home just before midnight, sans Ari, if she didn't have some sort of plan. The only thing was, Zelda had no idea what it was.

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