"So this was your first time seeing her? After all of these years?" Ariel felt horrible now at what she had asked, putting her gaze down below in shame. "I'm sorry," she said quietly. "I should have known you'd try your best. Heh, maybe there are some good people in the world, huh? It's just...I'm not exactly used to having adults act so selfless around me. I-"

"Excuse me."

The voice came from a tall man in a white coat and plastic gloves covering his hands. "I'm one of the doctors of this hospital," he explained, looking at Amy's grandfather. "Are you Mr. Ravenwood? I'm afraid the patient is exuding critical behavior now. She'll all the same, but I recommend she not move at all from her bed space."