I do not think it will come back to you, [ he says, in her office, ] but there was—

[ An incident. The skin around one of his eyes is still faintly mottled. But that’s not unusual. He bites the inside of his mouth while he tries to narrow it down to the relevant details. ]

I owe money to people, and some of them were— [ he gestures to his face ] —feeling insistent. I am handling it. But Artemaeus tried to intervene. He didn’t hurt them, but he. [ Used magic. ] They know we work here. If someone says something. I thought you should know.