(100th post!)

"Whatever you ladies need, we'll provide it, even with the budget issues" Serapis assured them. For a moment, the thought of having to triage medical resources played through his mind, but he quickly shoved those thoughts aside. Things weren't that dire. Not yet, at least.

"Just... if you could excuse me for a moment. I have to address the staff." He quickly made his way back to the meeting, where the workers were getting restless.

"Oh. Sorry about the delay. We've had some injured guests come into the orphanage and I've had to see to them. I'll make it quick: I'm assembling a group to find some treasures in a ruin to help finance this place until more conventional sources of funding are available. We can discuss specifics later." The crowd grumbled a bit but seemed to accept the situation. The dracon quickly ran off to find his wife and Seaella. It didn't take him long to find them, given how empty the hallways were at night.

"Thayva! Oh, there you are. I see you two are getting some food?" He turned to Seaella. "And please, help yourself to whatever food you'd like." 

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"I'm sure they'll be fine" Aurelian remarked, climbing back into his bed. "Still, something big is going on. I hate it when that happens. The grown-ups always tell us that nothing is wrong and that the best way we can help is to go to sleep or be quiet or- or something like that."