Set me free! | Roan

[Wavepool]

As much as she could understand the order Roan had given her to stay and rest in the temple until she was healed, Wavepool couldn't help but feel that it was all a bit unnecessary. She would admit that perhaps she had been a bit stubborn at first, and that staying at least a day would be good for her health, but then that day turned into two and...well, she was starting to get a bit antsy. She had never been the type to sit around for long periods of time like this, and it admittedly left her feeling more than a little guilty to know that she was doing nothing but taking up resources that could be better spent elsewhere. Her ribs might not have been fully healed just yet, but they were well on their way to recovery and at this point there was no need for her to stay in the temple any longer, and despite expressing this to the Soothsayer, he had refused to budge.

Sitting on the pillow she had taken as her resting place, the tabby prodded at the fish laying at her paws, a deep frown stretched across her features. This...it was such an utter waste of food, to be bringing her meals regularly, especially when she just needed the blood and none of the meat, but every time she went to tell Roan, that she only drank the blood, she...just couldn't manage to say it. She had never liked that about herself, her vampiric diet and appetites, and for most of her life she had strived to keep that particular fact about herself a secret. Selfish, it was so selfish of her, to waste all of this food, yet at the same time, if she didn't at least eat a little bit, then Roan would get suspicious, and...she didn't want to have that conversation, not now.

Sighing, she pushed the fish away from herself, hoping that she could perhaps convince someone else to take it off her paws, she could just tell the medic that she hadn't been hungry, it was an excuse she was using a bit more than she would have liked, but if it worked, then it worked. A sudden pain in her chest interrupted her musing, the tabby wincing for a moment before turning her head to the side to cough into a paw, grimacing at the few flecks of blood she spotted as she pulled back, quickly wiping the droplets onto the fish in front of her and praying Roan wouldn't notice. It was a horrible idea, an utterly awful one, trying to hide a serious condition like this, but when she was already taking up space in the temple, wasting their time and resources, she...didn't want to be anymore of a burden on them. It was silly, it was outright harmful to herself, but...she would be fine for now, it just made things a little more uncomfortable, she just needed to wait until she could get out, then she could tell him, then she could hunt for the herbs she needed herself, even bring back some extras to make up for what she had taken up during her stay here. She did just wish she could leave already though, three days was far more time than she needed, she was a medic herself, she could take care of herself just fine!