#i wonder how she'd react if she met Kakania again in the Suitcase

[sleeplesssmoll]

Vertin is about to be the next rabbit.

Isolde, you don't have to guilt-trip Vertin. She's going to keep checking on you because she cares about her arcanists. She did the same thing with Jessica.

Isolde's so lonely and desperate. She's made awful decisions and hurt many people, her past does not justify that. But we can see how she got to this point and it's heartbreaking. However, I think she'd manipulate Vertin if the Timekeeper ever became an obstacle.

Right now she is treated as a "patient" and it seems like she can't leave the Suitcase freely like the others (which makes complete sense since she is a bonafide terrorist) . If the Timekeeper's department didn't exist she'd probably be locked away for a very long time or have her brain messed with. I don't know how well she'd fair in Artificial Solumnbalism but brining up repressed memories is one of its key features.

That being said, whether she's trying to manipulate Vertin or not, if she's feeling that lonely Vertin will keep visiting on her own volition. While she's grown somewhat fond of Vertin now (increased bond), I'm certain that comaderie would go up in flames in an instant under the right circumstances.

At the very least, Vertin is a convenient bandaid for her loneliness to tide her over, but she's not the "resolution". I wonder if she knows the "resolution" she wants also works under Vertin...