It's Venus who's set the bird fluttering. She's overestimated her stealth. underestimated a woman's ability to cast a shadow on a rock and a bird's vigilance. She follows the bird with her eye, sucking on the tip of her tongue when she sees it land on a windowsill and near someone who's about to see her-

She grips her fist around the crowbar as Vultan can't miss sight of her.

"I don't mean harm."