"Nope," she says, the right corner of her mouth giving a telltale twitch. "But we always do that before one or even both of us go on a mission. Blaise is pretty superstitious, I'll have you know. He doesn't like to break tried and trusted habits, no matter how specific the situation. But that's not all. Once, during a night watch, we saw a black cat scurrying under a ladder. After that, he claimed for weeks that it was a bad omen. He was pretty out of it. You'd think he's clever, but he has his quirks."