If looks could kill, her grandfather's would have killed Violet years ago. But she decided to back off, not really wanting to cause Trent any further problems. After just one more comment.

"I'm terribly sorry if I said something offensive," she murmured with a contrite expression on her face. "The allergic reaction I had to Healer Poppy's candles still makes me muddled sometimes and I have trouble thinking." Head bowed humbly, Violet backed away into the crowd of students.

She really had no idea why she was acting this way--maybe it really was the after-effects of those candles. Or maybe she was just tired of being a pawn all the time in these various disasters and wanted to do something once in a while on her own.