Loki listens to her and, with a rough sound not unlike a groan or a growl, casts the majority of the vials aside. Half of them end up on his desk and the other half scattered over the floor. He ends with three and tucks them into the breast pocket of his robes. He brushes past Kostos to pluck up his crystal and loops the cord around his neck before he makes a flying leap out the window. It would have been terribly dramatic but he changed into a raven far too early for the fall to take him.

The distance from his office to the De La Fontaine apartments is not great, not as the raven flies, and he makes the distance quickly. He has no idea where they are, inside the house, but the first open window presents itself and he swoops through it without reservation. Were this a trap he would be immediately ensnared as a punishment for his haste but, fortunately, it is not. He has luck on his side, apparently, because he finds himself in the same room as Alexandrie and her unconscious friend--his transformation back is without fanfare and he lands heavily on the carpeted floor.

"Stop ingesting more! Compress his chest instead for gods' sakes!"