The first thing Yasmine was aware of was a sensation of pain and
stiffness. Slowly, carefully, she turned her head from one side to
another, groaning as the back of her head throbbed with the effort.

"S'an, look!" Kattibrie said, hearing the first sound from the girl in a
day's time.

"Yasi, are you here? Talk to me, please," S'an stroked back her hair as
he spoke to her.

Yasmine opened her eyes squinting against the light, focussing on the
face of the young man at her bedside.

"S'an... what..." Yasmine croaked through her parched throat, propping
herself up on her elbows.

"How are you feeling?" Kattibrie asked, her sapphire blue eyes
glistening with tears of relief. She felt a kinship with the girl,
probably due to their similar tragic histories.

"Thirsty..." Yasmine replied.

"Here, drink, " S'an quickly poured the blonde girl some water.

Yasmine drank deeply, and looked at Kattibrie and S'an uncertainly, her
eyes going back to the Telnor queenrider.

"Do you remember who I am?" Kitty asked.

"I think..." Yasmine faltered... "Kitty?"

Kattibrie smiled, "I'll go get the healer," leaving the girl in S'an's
care.

"What happened?" Yasmine asked.

"What do you remember?"

"Uh... Falling. Serraphine! Is she okay???" Yasmine looked panicked.

"She's fine."

"Well, where is she? I want to see her." Yasmine asked, relief washing
over her.

"She's gone back to Larguad."

"What??? Why???" tears of hurt and anger stung her eyes. "We fought for
her right to stay, and she just leaves??? I thought she was our friend!"
The situation seemed incredulous to Yasmine.

[NRPG: Tag Justin!]

***

Kattibrie returned with the healer. "I see you're guardian is still
here," Sina quipped when she saw S'an still in the room with the blonde
rider.

"I... I don't understand," Yasmine was confused.

"S'an's been with you ever since you were brought in," the young female
healer explained.

"How long?" Yasmine asked, thinking in terms of maybe a couple of hours.

"A full day."

"A day???" Yasmine looked at S'an with disbelief.

"Well, Kattibrie was here, too." S'an said.

Sina palpated the girl's head and looked closely at her eyes. "Track my
finger," Sina told her.

"Why? I'm nothing to either of you," Yasmine asked while following the
finger of the healer with her eyes.

"That's where you are wrong," Kattibrie corrected softly.

"I don't... I don't understand?" Yasmine said.

***

NRPG: Tag again, Justin! I must admit, I'm not sure how much S'an feels
toward Yasi, so I'm leaving that decision to you how far to go with it.

 
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