This isn't about a record deal! You have no idea what we came here for, so how about you take your client's advice and shut the hell up for a second? I could care less who Rafael sings for, because he's going to be happy doing it anywhere. [ she snaps it much too harshly at isabella, but she can't help it. it's too important that they get whatever information they can here, because it's their last shot. there aren't going to be any fun do-overs with fancy dinners at rich singers' houses just because they couldn't get what they needed when they were supposed to.

she turns her attention, very seriously, on rafael. ] What I care about is her. [ she points at the photograph. ] Jade Eterna. Rafael, I understand this may seem crazy, but I need your help. And, she might, too. First, I need you to just tell me one thing: did you meet Jade here, or in the shadow world that you came from? [ because with longing like that, she has to wonder if he even knows she's through the veil, too. ]