"The attacker is still being searched for even as we speak," he said, his voice coarse and rather dry,"now, regarding you, well, I'm afraid I have no say in your official discharge. I do also realize the time, and I have had no hand in the amount of tests the hospital has performed on you. Though I may have to make a round through the blood labs myself."

He paused very briefly, then took a step forward and looked piercingly at Alice, his face sterner than a statues.

"Reports say that you were allegedly bitten on the left side of your neck, and yet..." his eyes swiveled from her face to her left neck side,"I see no bandage, no wound, and no scabbing. Conventional wounds don't heal so quickly Miss Lynch."

His right upper lip wrinkled into a slight sneer which slightly jutted his mustache,"Tell me, Madam Lynch, how has your diet been since admittance to the hospital? How is the [b]food[/b]?"

His eyes bore into her, his hands seemed tense, his fingers were each as straight as boards away from his hands.