Talented or not, I would like to see their work for myself. [ Because he knows Damen, and he knows that regardless of what he says, it could have been far worse than he would have allowed himself to let on. Laurent needed to know, needed to see for his own sake that the other wasn't going to start bleeding out again at any moment. A week- it wasn't very much time at all, and certainly not after suffering such a life threatening injury. ]

I admit I had some... stress. To relieve. Dealing with these monsters was at least a suitable enough distraction to keep me occupied for a few moments, at least.