Vanessa followed the smaller girl without much trouble with her longer strides as well, though there wasn't much that she needed to keep up with. She stayed in behind Aria, where the light was less bright and didn't bother her sight as much though the shadows were growing as her eyes adjusted to the light that the flashlight gave off. [color=630460]"Too much light can damage the eyes ability to adjust to the dark."[/color] She commented, though it was normal for a child to be afraid of something as trivial and harmless as the dark and the shadows that lingered on the edges of the room. It was what was inside the darkness that one needed to be fearful of. She tucked the novel beneath her arm while she walked, the hardcover pinching her skin slightly under the sweater she wore, though as they walked the dust caught in it and she stopped to sneeze for several seconds. Unfortunately the girl was allergic to dust, as well as other substances similar to it. 

Shaking her head she shook her head again, silently continuing her trek onward, following the girl as the two looked around without much sound other than the echoing of their shoes on the tiles flooring. As the girl slid on the floor Vanessa reached out and touched her shoulder to balance her, but pulled her hand away as soon as she could, remaining distant and out of reach fore her dislike of human touch or contact outside of the quiet Cecil. Her eyes followed the line of the wall, looking toward the office that they were walking toward before they went to storage or the infirmary. She tiled her head when she thought she heard something though for the time it was irrelevant and she didn't care much to seek it out; not until Aria ran forward toward a girl curled up in a ball on the floor near the wall across from the office. 

Instead of waiting for Aria to have a panic attack of her own, Vanessa stepped forward and looked down at the girl who lay as if ignorant of the world. It was the foreign exchange student as well, though from the beginning of the bruising around her neck she could tell she had been in at least a little bit of a fight. [color=630460]"There should be a first aide kit in the office and a cabinet with it. Bring whatever you find there." [/color]She said kneeling next to the girl on the floor, setting her satchel aside with the novel so neither would get blood on them. [color=630460]"We can get her clothes later, I have extras in my locker." [/color]Reaching into her backpack, Vanessa handed her a cloth bag from her satchel - on she normally used for books from the library - and gestured for Aria to go while her other hand pulled a second flashlight out of her pocket. 

She turned it so that the light was facing the wall, illuminating the area enough that Maki would be able to see her though not enough to bother the doctor in training own eyesight. [color=630460]"Maki."[/color] She looked at the girl, setting her hands on her own lap, making sure that the girl could see them so that she didn't come across as threatening. Concentrating she sifted through her mental notes of all the languages she had ever heard or learned, looking for the right words. Her Japanese was simple at best, but better than what most students would care enough to learn. Learning languages was a good thing for a doctor to learn, for cases like this when the patient didn't speak English. [color=630460](("I am Vanessa. I want to help you. Can you show me where you are hurt?"))[/color] She asked the girl, lowering her hood so that the girl could see her face, though the scar around her neck hid the bandages that were still there for the week before. 

[@Midori][@RomanAria]