[b][i] – Kathy[/i][/b]

Carefully listening to Crash’s advice on taking care of the wound, she quickly nodded when he offered to take the stitches out in a few days. “Please, that’d be great. I’ll be counting on you in a few days again then.” Feeling both relief and gratitude, she gave Crash a warm smile. Then hearing him say, [b]”And if it gets itchy, don’t scratch it you’ll make it worse.”[/b] She let out a small laugh. “I’ll be careful not to Dr. Waterfront.”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Smiling, she answered Oona’s question. Glancing at her bandaged hand she added, “The bandages almost exaggerate how big the cut is really. Sorry I didn’t realize you were burnt back there, we could’ve put something on it when we were in the infirmary…” [i]‘And while Kiwi was distracted by that other girl.’[/i] Kathy thought. At this point, Kiwi was almost becoming a ‘she-who-must-not-be-named’ sort of being in their group.

Drinking up the last of her tea, she placed the empty cup back on the table as she listened to Crash give Oona some advice as well. [i]‘He really looks after people.’[/i] Though not consciously aware of this, she was staring at Crash and noticed the random smile appear on his face after he was done talking. [i]‘Did I miss a joke?’[/i] She wondered, tilting her head to the side. But seeing as no one else seemed to be laughing, she realized it was probably not something he said.

Hearing Zivon curse, she looked in his direction to see what happened. “Zivon, are you okay?” Asking the question more out of habit than anything else, she quickly got up and walked over to him, frowning when she saw that he seemed hurt. Ignoring the spilled tea for now, she gently took Zivon’s wrist and guided him to the sink. Turning on the water, she said, “Here. You should run the water over your skin for now.” [i]‘And… That’s about the extent of my knowledge for first-aid.’[/i] She looked back at Crash and asked, “Is there anything else we should do?”