Practice makes perfect. Your mother wasn’t always the artist you remember her as. I wish I still had some of her old drawings, because I’m sure you’d get a kick out of them. [ pepper smiles, feeling the tension fall to the wayside. remembering one thing had clearly had a domino effect, her head buzzing with all sorts of memories now. ]

Yeah… [ she had left for a short while, but when a job position allowed her to return she jumped at the chance. ]

I was in a car accident. I don’t remember much about it, but from what I was told it was pretty bad. [ moving from her seat on the adjacent bed she sat alongside clary. ] But you, are you okay? What happened? [ without waiting for a response pepper leans over and takes clary into her arms for a hug. ] I promised your mother I’d look after you.