Pepper followed Valdis at half a pace further away than she usually does, thinking that Valdis might want a little space. When they get to her room, Pepper took the offered notebook carefully, for all that it appeared to be ill-cared for.

She flipped through the pages slowly. "You actually captured Anton smiling," Pepper said fondly, brushing her fingertips along the edge of the sketch. There was one picture in particular she had wondered about - the man in bloodied armor. "You said this was your brother."