Julian and Robin walk through what seems like a maze of corridors, some with windows opening onto blessed sunlight, and others dank and dark as a tomb or a dungeon. The mismatched corridors of the old castle aren't damp like sewers, but they have some of the same claustrophobic qualities.

As the hush in Robin's ears slowly fades, the creaking and looming of the Castle slinks into its place.  Open sunlit corridors are only unpleasant.  Dark sewer corridors bring subtle shudders and a foundering sense of disorientation.  Luckily, Julian's white stride is beside her so Robin doesn't get turned around.  This time.
            Dung, she hates this place!

Eventually, Julian and Robin arrive at the infirmary. Before they can do so much as look for Gerard, though, they see a familiar face: Couth. He's speaking to someone Robin doesn't know, a healer from the look of him, but when he catches sight of Robin and Julian as they enter the infirmary, his expression alters to one of relief. He excuses himself to the doctor and comes to greet them.
            "Warden, Robin," he says, bowing his head. "I got a report, for both of ya."

Though Robin doesn't have a smile in her for Couth's handsome face today, still it's nice to see the man again.  No nodding!  Not yet.  But she stands ready for the report.

Julian is apparently in better shape than Robin, because he nods, and Couth begins his tale.
            "I gave your gifts to Lady Paige like you said, Robin, but she'd already had the babies, so some of them didn't help much. I think she likes the blanket, though, cause I've seen it."

A twitch at the side of Robin's mouth will have to do for a smile and she gently inclines her head in a thank-you to Couth.

Realizing he's getting distracted, Couth continues  "Anyway, a few days ago Breeze came in somehow by magic and hit his head, and he's been unconscious since then. I look in on him every day, hoping he'll come round, and today he did. But he went crazy and hit one of the guards, and ran off in the castle. Not long after that, the alarm sounded, and I've heard all sorts of stories about something Deep Green coming up, but the drums don't tell me what really happened.
            "What I do know is they brought in Sage, the runner that Vista's been using, a little while ago. He'd had a fainting fit while all the trouble was happening, and now he's crying for his mama. And here's the other funny thing: you remember Tatter, who used to be a runner at Whistling Pines? He was up here running an errand and the king hadn't released him to go back. Someone brought him in too, for a fainting fit. They're both back in there--" Couth gestures with his thumb at the rooms behind him "--resting up. I looked in on both of them and the healers say there ain't nothing wrong with them."

"Hunh."  Robin blows a little breath out.  There's some sort of pattern there, but what with adding her and Julian to the picture, she'd be darned if she could see it.
            "Anyone else in the Castle in for fainting spells?" the Ranger asks as she makes her way toward the back rooms.

"Nope, none that I heard of," says Couth. "Or they didn't come here."

It is Julian who answers the underlying question Robin didn't ask.
            "Adonis'," he says. "Both of them."

"But..." Robin flips her hand between herself and the Warden in a 'what about us?' gesture.  "It wasn't just being in Arcadia at the time.  Totter didn't twinge."

"You and I are advanced initiates of a power that protects us from the Deep Green," Julian explains. "We can manifest it as a defense, but I surmise it also rendered us vulnerable to the backlash of what happened in the Castle. We were, after all, in between here and there."

Couth stands by, adding nothing since all this talk is over his head.

"So you think the Scream was directional instead of radial?"  Robin considers that carefully as she steps into the back rooms of the infirmary and looks around.

"Or it was centered on the being that actually screamed, and we were closer to it," Julian suggests, following Robin.

Oh, yeah.  Well that makes sense.  Robin shrugs at not thinking of it herself.

The room has been cleaned up, but there are signs that there was a fight in this ward earlier to those with eyes to see them. Toward the back of the room, two youths rest in beds near each other. Both are dark-haired and dark-eyed, and Robin can see a resemblance to Adonis in the shapes of their faces. They're both asleep.

The girl's brow furrows and she looks around the room again before turning to Couth.  "Where's Breeze?" she asks in a worried voice.

"I dunno," says Couth. "Ain't seen him since I came back."

Julian steps back into the front of the infirmary and Robin can hear him question one of the staff about Breeze. The woman sounds angry to Robin beneath her deferential tone as she tells Julian that Breeze woke up and attacked one of the guards before fleeing into the Castle.
            He seems to have been the cause of the alarm Couth mentioned earlier.

Robin frowns as she tries to think around her headache.  She knows that Solange sent Breeze 'to her father.'  She just assumed that that meant here, but... well the universe is a little more open these days.  Best to check.
            "Do you know where Gerard is, Couth?"

Couth shrugs. "Nope. Sorry, Robin."

Julian is able to locate Gerard by the expedient of trumping him.  Gerard is in Xanadu and reports that Breeze is asleep following his ordeal, and will be under his care and that of Robin's cousin Hannah, another physician, for the nonce. Based on what Gerard has learned so far, Gerard feels it's best to keep him in Xanadu for the nonce.
            Julian needs to stay in Amber to see to the memorial arrangements, but Gerard agrees to contact him if Breeze's condition changes for the worse. He's sleeping off the aftereffects of both Dragon possession and some divination to determine what happened to him, and rest is the best thing for him.
            Robin can visit Breeze in Xanadu to check on him if she likes once he's awake and ready for visitors.

Robin would rather stay in Amber with her father, helping with the Memorial arrangements and liaisoning with the Rangers as necessary.  If Gerard's prognosis and diagnosis are okay with Julian, then they're okay with Robin.
            But yes, Robin would like to check personally on Breeze (after the Memorial) and hopefully after Julian can give her some Dragon-sniffin' lessons.