She's in warm and bright spirits tonight, to be with those who both are cheering the restaurant's future successes and the others who decided to join tonight. It's the first Christmas Eve in a long while that she's felt this happy, this peaceful - the mix of voices and silverware and varied other sounds is a pleasant hum, an atmosphere that drapes around like a warm blanket. Helena's sitting at the reserved table, but she's happy to interact with everyone and anyone who's arrived, glad to know that more people are getting to experience this place.

The food's exquisite, and she thinks she really hasn't had something surpassing it, the result of so much hard work and care put into every detail. And at some point, Helena will want to get someone to get Darcy's attention, if only so she can give congratulations on how well it's going.