[b]"Alrighty, we'll be back before long. Tara."[/b] Rhiannon headed after Flint and they headed into the castle proper. They headed towards a spiral staircase which led to a gallery running along the face of the castle where Hunter joined them. [b]"Yeah, of course."[/b] Rhiannon replied to her request although she noticed the girl lingered a little bit further behind, perhaps unsure of how to start talking to them since they already had an established relationship. Normally Rhiannon would make efforts to integrate Hunter but she was more concerned with her own situation at that moment in time.

Halfway up the stair she felt the rise in her chest and leaned stopped almost making Flint bump into her as she bent double and coughed into a folder handkerchief she had barely brought out from her skirt in time. It turned red with the blood she had coughed out before another bout hit her, forcing the Welsh girl to kneel down on the step as her body was racked by the strain. Eventually it subsided and she folded the handkerchief over to hide the stain and tucked it into her pocket again, although she knew Flint had seen but Hunter was still too far back to have notice anything except a standard coughing fit.

[b]"Don't tell anyone, please?"[/b] She told Flint quietly before turning and continuing on their way. She didn't want to go into detail yet about her condition and such a public place was not the location to do it in. Soon they reached the top of the stairwell. [b]"Well, the girl's dorms are this way. Let's say meet back here and then return to the courtyard?"[/b] She hurried off without waiting for confirmation and entered her room, closing the door firmly behind her before collapsing again in another fit of blood-filled coughing that left her weak on the floor.