IT took a full year for Mercy to fully heal just like it took her father a year to heal while her mother waited and fretted about him. But, she's also the granddaughter of the Queen of Beggars.
Therefore, she's next in line to guide the beggars if she so opted to choose so. and, well, she's healing and getting well. Even though she's been very badly burned to boot, and on top of her raging fevers.
"One moment, Basso, she's awake, and the next, well, she passes out," mutters Garrett while talking to his daughter's godfather. The bird was large sized crow named Reggie who loves Mercy to no end and stayed with her throughout her adult life.
Basso coughed before calming the master thief. "Garrett, Garrett, Garrett," he said, "Mercy's stubborn just like her mother. Loyal too, to a fault like you, and yet, fierce just like Erin before she died." The master thief agreed with him when Mercy woke up after her final fever had finally broken and she whimpered in pain from her burns.
she calmed the crow down and he hoped about losing his mind. She said rather weakly,"Papa" when he calmed her easily. Basso gave her some water while Garrett tended to her 3rd degree burns. Changing the bandages and repacking the burns with healing salve. Reggie settled on his mistress's lap after everything was dealt with.
Mercy had seen Erin only once more after Orion was killed within one final vision. Erin gave the young thief a full hearted smile as she said, "I'm proud of you Mercy. As is your mother. She's here with me, but not for long however."
Rose Marie echoed Erin's words of trust as they faded away for the last time.