August 2012; Leena's Bed and Breakfast, Univille, South Dakota

Helena has rather not been having a good time of it, lately.

Pete's moping about, not seeming to realise that they all miss Myka terribly, and yet he's the only one still so affected by her absence that he isn't functioning normally. Artie and Joshua are constantly arguing. Claudia's withdrawing into herself (not that Helena can entirely blame her; she knows that means of coping with stress quite well). Artie won't let her do anything more than work inventory and look for new cases, and that only grudgingly. Joshua's off at so many Regent meetings, what with the pending new hire, and so busy hiding in his lab the rest of the time, that she's barely seen him in a week and a half. If she doesn't get something more interesting to do soon, she's going to stop fighting the temptation to fall back on old obsessions (with a little help from Joshua's dissertation, this time, which is surely the last thing Artie wants to see).

So it's rather the last straw when she comes into their room for the night - only to find Joshua packing a bag. "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?"