To be honest, it's a lovely drug when first used. But then the flu-like symptoms become body shutting down symptoms, and then coma and death. If he wants to try it, to that point? She'll be disappointed. But she'll understand the draw of it to start with.

"...d'Aramis," she provides, with a soft smile that lights her eyes. "I did. It seems odd to me not to do so, and I know I'm nearly half a century behind most everyone else here, but it's simply how I am."