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Calmly raising a hand to block Beauregard's last attack, he pushed the whale downwards a little after coming in contact and pushed the whale sideways towards Lazarus's direction.

It was in his way.

Breathing getting a little quicker, he caught sight of the unconscious Raevan on the sofa. New specimen! His eyes glinted a little, or more like the glasses on the mask did. With heavy footsteps he moved forwards towards Rivener, leaving a trail of muddy footprints on the floor. He stared at the pile of medicine on the floor and picked up a roll of bandage before pushing the rest of it away.

They were in his way as well.

K knelt down beside the sofa and settle down his briefcase. With a swift click, he opened the briefcase to reveal a complete set of medical knives and needles. Although they looked rather used, with dried blood stains on most of them.

By the time the flying whale reached the other end of the room, K's medical equipment had already strewn all over the floor, trailing to where the briefcase is. K jerked his head towards Lazarus abruptly, as if scolding him for not getting ahold of the whale in time. He didn't spoke in the entire process, but he thinks Lazarus got his drift. No, he knows Lazarus got it, or else...

Facing the table where Beauregard is under, K stood up and walked calmly towards it, ignoring all his items on the floor. He stopped before the table, casting a looming shadow over it. Soft noises of the whale's flippers messing with the remaining items in the briefcase could be heard. Without a word, K crouched down and flipped the table cloth upwards to reveal the cornered whale inside. He stretched his hand outwards, but instead of going towards his briefcase, he reached towards Beauregard instead.

[[Oh, I get it now. Alright.]]

Beauregard, not knowing what else to do, froze in pure fright as Dr. K reached for him. He knew that if he were to try and escape, the other floating body that wasn't Rivener, would catch him. So, he floated above the open messed up suitcase like a stationary floating...whale until he felt the doctor's hands grasp around his rubbery body.

However, when Beau-Beau heard that Rivener was going to die, the red whale panicked completely and he he let loose of a heartfelt whimper and began to sing:

"Lying beside you...There in the dark
Feeling your heartbeat...With mine..."

Finally getting a firm hold of Beauregard, K dragged the singing whale out from it's hiding place towards Lazarus. He let go when Lazarus was firmly hugging onto the whale like a teddy bear. Then without a word, he crouched down again and began gathering his equipments that are all over the floor. Kyou's plea was very clear to him and he does know the emergence of the situation, not to mention that he was very excited about having to treat one of Kyou's creations as well. He had heard about Dr. Kyou's doings but this is the first time he had seen one.

Carefully and swiftly he picked up the last of the items on the floor. Ushering Kyou aside, he knelt back down in his original position. The items in his briefcase is messier than it originally was, so it took him some time to find a clean needle, some cotton and a bottle of antiseptic.

"Kyou, remove." He muttered through his mask as he pointed a finger at Rivener's hand Kyou was pressing on.

Beauregard suirmed lightly in Lazzie's grip but soon he came to rest easily and he began to hum a mournful gospel tune, trying to hide his face in the crook of the frei's arms. The red whale was frightened for Rivener. He didn't know exactly everything and what was what and what meant what but the whale knew that there was something dreadful happening. It scared him really, and he felt bad that there was nothing he could do.

There wasn't even a song that he could sing.

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Isi didn't notice, he was squirming uncomforable in his bed and he was listening with frightened curiosity to the raspy uncomfortable crumpling breaths in his lungs. It sounded and fel like crackling or crunching dry leaves in his hands hen it actually happened in his lungs. It was uncomfortable, yes, and the sound and feeling made Isi very aware of the bandages around his chest. Glancing up at Aphismet, the boy caught the sight of his blush and smiled awkwardly.

"I'm so excited, Aphi, a family...A real family after so long! How long do you think it would take to move in? Aphi? Why are you blushing?"

He's awake. K realised as he raised his head from looking at Rivener's hand after Kyou unwrapped the cloth. And he met eye to eye with Rivener, well at least K did, although he's not sure that Rivener could see his eyes. He's used to people gawking at him, and in this situation it's the same case too. But it doesn't stop him from doing his work.

"Don't bite your tongue." He gave a short warning as he held up the bottle of antiseptic. Tipping the bottle over a little, he poured the liquid over Rivener's hand.

Aph brought his hand up to lightly brush his own handages, just as Isi was doing. He smiled. "I'm ok. I get a few dizzy spells, but when I don't move around too much or whip my head around too fast, I'm fine. Maybe you should try to get some sleep? Your breath would bother you less then." Aph nodded and got up. "I'll let you sleep. I'll just go over there in that free bed, and try to get some sleep too. It should make the time go by faster."

The man walked over, after giving the nurses a questioning glance. Both women nodded, and one even left to get his things from the other room, so that the two could be in here together. It WAS the pediatrics wing, and Aphi didn't normally belong here, but as long as they didn't need this extra bed for someone else, Aph would be allowed to keep it.

With a slight smile, Aph clambered into bed and sighed as he closed his eyes. "Gnight Isi," he muttered as he almost immediately drifted off.


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The antiseptic splashing onto his hand made Riv squinch his eyes shut and hiss in a sharp breath. It stung! It stung so much! He could hear the liquid bubbling on his wound, which had been on the verge of complete infection...

He could also hear Beau-beau singing! Once the pain slowly subsided, Riv tried to aim his face to where Beauregard was before opening his eyes. If he could focus on the whale instead of the scary doctor, he might be able to get through this much easier.

Riv turned his head, eyes shut tight. There... a little more to the left... And now he opened his eyes. He could still peek the top of the doctor's head out of the corner of his eye, but he wasn't paying it any attention anymore. He could see Beauregard... And, and Lazarus?

Riv blinked in confusion. Was he hallucinating? It wouldn't be surprising if he was... "L-lazzie?" Rivener rasped, using the nickname form that the other never wanted him to use.