[It's probably twice as alarming to see blood around an Oripathy crystal because, theoretically, that could mean a new nodule is breaking out of the skin... but no, that's not what happened, and Sesa will be able to see that as he looks. Elliot is sorry for storming past him, but if he doesn't wash the blood off of his face, he thinks it'll make him angrier... so here he is.

There's a sigh, like he's relieved somehow, but that doesn't show in his body language. Stiff-shouldered, still all puffed out, not looking at Sesa because he's too busy glowering into the mirror.]

An otherwise normal conversation gone south. [Which in and of itself, is not necessarily a red flag. No, the red flag is—] You know of Pure Vanilla Cookie, yes? The dessert-turned-Caprinae. He's given himself Oripathy using me as a conduit.