A Hidden Fear

As they grow closer to the cafeteria, Khun takes note of the glances, which only fuel her blush further. It leaves her mind in a bit of a panic. What is this attraction I keep feeling? She thinks as they finally reach the cafeteria and she gets herself a nice meal with a nice glass of orange juice.

For a long while, she stays quiet, silently admiring the man that is being so kind and friendly with her. It is obvious he is not the best at social interactions, but neither is she and the medic cannot fault him for that. “Tell me, what do you do around here? Aside from driving around in a van with a rebellious teenager?” She finally asks to, hopefully, lighten things up a bit more. “Do you have any hobbies or anything?”

A part of her is screaming to shut up, but her mind is full of so many questions. Finding herself with interest in a man is always a difficult situation, but she knows what is going on now. She is aware that he may not try to pursue Cynthia further, but it does not quell the worries in her mind. No one knows a woman until they see her while truly jealous or angry. Even she has her own moments of strange bravado when everything is too stressful.

There have been patients where she’s had to force them to obey with dream walking due to their refusal to cooperate. Keeping someone calm is key when tending to injuries, especially life threatening ones. Her power helps keep them calm, lull them into an almost slumbering state so things do not go down a wrong path.

She just wants to help people as a doctor.

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Memories? Sophia thinks as she listens to Cynthia speak. Her heart rate spikes just a little as she thinks back to her life on the farm, to how horrible things had been. Those are things she never wants anyone to see, a secret she guards with her heart and soul. She admits her father was an abusive drunkard, but she does not wish for anyone to know what else he did to her.

“How…how much of my memories do they need to search?” She asks suddenly, fingers brushing through the fur of Honey’s head. “There are things I’d rather no one know about…things I’ve…been through.” Her head turns just slightly and she glances a glimpse of the two guards. Tessa seems okay, but Malik…something about him just unsettles both her and Honey.

Pulling her hand away from Honey, she grips the fabric of her pants nervously. She suddenly wishes she had accepted Perrine's offer to stay...