it hurts - open; waking up

[RHINESTONE.]

RHINESTONESTAR ❝ RHINE ❞ LEGATE
"TALKING" || "TELEPATHY"

Well, it seemed as though the new guy was finally up. Unfortunately, it didn't seem as though he was doing so well. Rhinestone had actually been lingering around the medical building for the last few days, mainly due to the influx of new joiners who had arrived while injured. It was all a matter of unfortunate circumstances, but the least they could get once they were awake was a welcome from the leader of the group whose lands they were on. Whether they chose to stay or not was, in Rhine's mind, completely irrelevant. While the Palm Glades advertised itself as a vicious group that always defended its own, that didn't mean that they were needlessly cruel. They helped others when they believed it was the right thing to do, and that was something that the legate intended to continue to do – and he was fairly sure that Medusa would, as well. So, if Sorbet woke up and wanted to stay, that was just fine. But if he woke up and decided he needed to go and find his family, or wherever he had come from? That was just as fine – although Rhinestone would probably insist that he stay at least until his wounds were more healed.

The serval had been passing by the large warehouse turned medical building when he heard the sound of voices inside, one new and one familiar. Figuring that at least one of the injured people had woken up, Rhine slipped easily inside the building, feeling right at home. He did have a tendency to visit here more often, after all, ever since his and Vaas's talk. Arriving a bit late, the lanky feline had missed the beginning of Sorbet's story, but the ending certainly wasn't a happy one. A frown pulled at his muzzle, and he couldn't help but imagine what he would do in a similar scenario. After all, he had ended up losing his mother, but that was to natural causes, not something quite so... vicious. He was sure that Medusa's words of comfort would mean much more to the other, but he still spoke up, a soft hum leaving him, "Hey there... we weren't sure when exactly you would end up waking up. Although I think I see now why you needed to rest for so long..." He glanced temporarily at Medusa, as if trying to think of what else his primus would say, before continuing, "I'm very sorry for your loss... you're welcome to stay here for as long as you need to, or want to." He would've wanted that to go without saying, but he knew some groups were much more blunt.

tags + roleplayed by stilly + the palm glades