Normally Clarisse might see how rattled Julius is and curb her own behavior accordingly, but today that doesn't happen. Because she's freaking out, too, and it's becoming obvious that none of them, not even Julius or Bastien (where the fuck is Bastien, anyway?) know how to fix this.

"Cedric decided to take it on himself to keep us from getting to the Gallows," she says. "It would have been nice to have, I don't know, backup."

On second glance, Clarisse does look like there was some kind of... scuffle at the docks. There's a bruise already darkening on one cheek, and her hair has a telltale waviness to it, like she got it wet and then let it air dry again without brushing.

"I didn't start it," she adds, sensing that might be Julius's first question.