His eyebrows go up a little. "I... wasn't assigned anything. And the streets seemed quiet enough... but then Balthazar insisted I come stay here a while, after I... well. just before I came to see you." His scruffy, dirty look was not by choice, and he probably does look- and smell better than he did the first time she met him. Rat is happy to use a shower, once he has access to one.

"It's healing like normal bruising. I'm trying not to think too hard about how it might've happened. I feel like I'm on the mend in general, I just wish I knew from what."