Lynn left Cersei's office, and the door closed automatically behind him.
The corridor was quiet. Crystals on either side cast dim light over the black flagstones.
He stood there for a few breaths, then headed toward Gregor's Laboratory.
After all, he had been away for so long and finally had a chance to come back. With something as momentous as his advancement to Stigma, he certainly had to have a good long chat with his mentor.
Cersei sat behind her desk as the sound of the door closing echoed through the room.
After draining a bottle of liquor and making sure Lynn had gone far enough away, she leisurely took a crystal vial from her drawer.
The vial was small, no thicker than a thumb, and held a drop of golden-red blood.
The blood rolled slowly along the glass like a living pearl. A closer look revealed that its interior was constantly writhing.
It had dripped from Lynn's wounds when the five Stigmas attacked him together, and he had asked her to collect it.
After collecting it, she had never returned it to Lynn.
Lynn had not brought it up either. She did not know whether he had forgotten about it or simply did not care.
She raised the vial to the light and studied it for a while. Golden-red light flickered inside, reflected in her deep purple eyes.
Cersei placed the vial in the deepest part of the drawer and activated a wizard array to seal it inside.
This was a superb specimen from someone who had advanced his physical body to Stigma. She would have to study it carefully later. Perhaps she could unravel Lynn's secret.
Lynn moved quickly, reaching the Experimental District in no time and entering Gregor's Laboratory.
The laboratory was quiet. The instruments on