So Laurel continued on.

Blaze and Yue were in the infirmary when Nic woke up. After a few minutes, Blaze left. And then after a half hour Yue finally made her way out of the infirmary. It looked like it would still take some time for Nic to regain his strength.

Kale yawned contently as he started to wake up, licking the remaining sugar off of his lips as he blinked his eyes open.

Laurel turned around a corner and nearly bumped into Yue. She froze, hands clenching into fists. A smaller pistol than Nic's was strapped to her side.

Nic was laying quietly in his bed across the room.

Yue looked up blankly at Laurel, not saying anything. After a long moment she moved to step out of Laurel's way.

It look awhile for Kale to notice Nic was awake. Then he did a bit of a double take, "Oho!" he called out, "You're finally up, boulder?"

It seemed to take a lot for Laurel to restrain herself as she stepped forward. "... Why you?" she muttered under her breath in a tone heavy with resentment.

Nic didn't reply.

Yue shook her head a little in disagreement. "... It was always about you," she told Laurel quietly.

Laurel whipped around, grabbing the front of Yue's shirt and shaking her, "Don't give me that magma!" she hissed.

Yue grabbed Laurel's hand, but didn't try to rip hers away. But she didn't want to hear it, so Yue didn't say anything more.

"Why are you still here?" Laurel whispered, "Are you laughing at me? You and him?" her voice started rising, "Are you laughing at my naivety?! Are you amused?!" she nearly shouted.

"You were out for the whole time she was gone... and now you can't move, right?" Kale said.

"No," Yue said after a moment.

Still nothing from Nic.

Laurel snorted, "Leave... It's cruel of you to stay around longer."

"... No," Yue replied calmly.

Laurel looked confused for a moment before shaking Yue again, "What the terra is wrong with you?!"

"What's your problem with me?" Yue countered.

Laurel eyes suddenly flashed dangerously as she shoved Yue backwards and into the wall, "... you took everything from me... you blazing boulder!" she snarled.

Yue cussed a little at the impact. "What did I take?" she demanded.