They heard nothing more, except for the balcony door opening and closing.

"Welp, he's gone for now." Rene said.

"And I'll help clean." he told Desiree.

"Blood stains. Heavily." he muttered. "So I'll pitch in." he reasoned, as he gave Desiree a small local, and started to work.

"...admittedly, things must be going okay, relatively speaking, if THIS is why I'm being called in." he then told her. "Usually I'm called in for when you've been assaulted by your brother, and I feared that had happened, seeing as all Jaden told me was that you were injured and he could smell a lot of blood."

Rene just sighed.

"Fair, I guess." he replied.

"And he DID sound a little... uneasy." he admitted.

"But he should be fine on the patio." he reasoned.

"And you'll be fine as well." he added.

"So how have things been for you while here? This incident aside."

Rene then sighed heavily.

"Yeah, well." he said.

"You've never slept well." he muttered.

"To you, sleeping's always meant letting your guard down, which Deryck has taken advantage of. A lot." he growled.

"So it doesn't surprise me." he shrugged.

"As long as you're getting enough so that you won't start to deteriorate mentally and physically, that's all I'm asking." he said further. "It's all I've learned to ask for." he added.

"Mmhmm." Rene mumbled.

"Well, we're working on it." he told her.

"Heard a rumour that there's someone out there actively trying to find Deryck and your mother, and deal with them." he said further.

"And no, I don't know anything beyond that." he then stressed.

"It's just something a contact of mine told me." he said.

"So at the very least, looks like they've pissed off someone who intends to seek their own brand of justice."

"Good." Rene said.

"Bout time he received a taste of his own medicine." he told her.

"Dunno if you've been told or not, but he doesn't have that dagger any longer." he then informed her.

"Jaden had it from the attack at your apartment, gave it to his mother, and she's dealing with it." he continued.

"So, at the very least, you won't have THAT threat looming around." he reasoned.

"He no longer has that accursed blade."

"Ah... no. No, I have not." Rene responded.

"So I'll take your word for it." he told her.

He then continued to work on her injury, and about 45 minutes later, he was finished with it, closing it up and cleaning it up.

"And there we go." he said.

"Now, I shall help speedily clean the blood that has been spilled." he continued.

"After all, I AM rather good at that." he chuckled.

"Accidents happen." Rene said.

"Seriously, all it takes is a little bit of distraction at the wrong moment, and boom." he told her. "Nothing to look TOO deeply on." he assured her further, before he set to cleaning, though he wondered if what she said about her hunter half had any validity here.

And sure enough, not even 5 minutes later, there was no evidence of the accident even occurring, except for her palm.

"Done." he declared.

"And the scent of it should be gone as well... save for whatever your injury may leak out for him." he told her.

"There anything else?" he asked.

"Cool." Rene said.

"I'll leave you to let Jaden know it's safe, then." he told her.

With that, he took a few steps back, and disappeared from where he was.

She was then left alone in the apartment, though when she looked to the sliding door that led to the balcony, she could see Jaden was there, laying on a deck chair, sunglasses on, completely under the shade of a large umbrella.

Seemed he was soaking up the heat, but not the rays.

Jaden paused for a moment, before lifting his glasses and looking over... and then sitting up quickly.

He sniffed the air... in her direction... before nodding.

"He's a wonderous medic." he commented. "Can barely smell a thing." he said.

"Also, no need to apologise." he told her.

"Seriously. It's cool. This kind shit happens." he reasoned.

"You'll be okay, yeah?" he asked.

"Hopefully not long." Jaden said.

"I'm just glad it wasn't something more alarming." he told her. "I legit got scared that somehow your brother had gotten the jump on you, despite the securities here." he admitted.

"But I'm glad that's not the case." he said further.

"You have a set of keys and a fob, AND you can mana in and out of my apartment. And security here is top notch." he reasoned. "Shouldn't be any way for him to get here." he said confidently.

He then sighed, and looked out at the city skyline.

"Nice view from up here, innit?" he asked her, changing the subject to something lighter.