The media's usually pretty bad about portraying anything right.

[Nadine makes quick work of assembling her equipment, an old fashioned needed with a small glass vial that screwed into it.]

It looks a lot worse than it is.

[The assurance is offered with a smile.]

And I wouldn't call it an empire, but...I'm doing very well for myself. But life's like that. You can be so sure of where you're going and what you want, and then end up somewhere entirely different. For better or worse. It's all what you do with it.

[Another little bottle comes out of her bag. It's simply habit to go about this the same as always, regardless of what Louis actually is.]

Okay, I'm just going to swab your arm to prep for the blood draw. I...don't know if this will actually numb the spot or not, but we'll see.