Irina held up a lovely bouquet of purple flowers in front of Carl, which made him smile. "Irina, the flowers are very pretty. Are these for me?"
She hesitated for a while, then thrust the bouquet into his hands. "I'm going to give these to you and pick some more."
"Wait up, Irina!" Carl took the flowers and retrieved a bottle of the calming potion from his pocket. "I have something for you too."
Irina turned back. "What is it?"
Carl took a brief moment to decide if he ought to lie to her or not, but when Irina looked at him with those pure and trusting eyes, he chose to be honest with her. "It's medicine."
Irina nodded and took the crystal bottle from him. She looked at the liquid inside and smiled prettily at it. "Is this medicine that can treat my strange disease?"
"It… is." Carl w
