"You stole him from-!" Laurel stopped, just glaring at Yue for a long moment, "No," she decided, "I never had anything to begin with. I never..." she cussed,"... never..." she suddenly pulled away from Yue, "I hate you," she said bitterly, "I just... hate you."

Yue was silent for a long while. "... I don't want Nic," she told Laurel, watching her reaction closely. "... I never have."

Laurel recoiled a little, suddenly lashing out and punching the wall beside Yue's head. "Don't play with me!" Laurel shouted, "I heard you... you're both bastards! I won't... be your puppet anymore."

Yue flinched a little, but took a moment to let Laurel's words sink in. "... Heard what?" she asked quietly.

"I heard you both talking... planning..." she spat, "The words that robbed me of everything. I came back because I thought you'd both left already. Bastards... how much crueler can you be?"

Yue closed her eyes a brief moment, realizing what must have happened. "... Nic just woke," she told Laurel. "He's been unconscious ever since he took that drug."

"Quit lying!" Laurel snarled as she pulled away, her hand already showing signs of bruising, "I know what I heard!"

Yue was quiet for a long moment. "Then let's try to set this straight," she decided.

Laurel looked very suspicious, "... I don't see what there is to 'set straight.'" she replied coldly.

"Give me thirty minutes," Yue negotiated.

"And if you can't 'set straight' anything, you'll both leave?" she asked seriously.

Yue rubbed her head a little. "... Sure, whatever," she replied.

"... Fine. You've got thirty minutes," Laurel agreed blankly.

Yue sighed a little. "Follow me," she told her. And so she started walking off, James hunting.

Unfortunately, James seemed to be hiding again. He'd been doing this a lot in the past few days. Often in Yue's room but sometimes not. But if anyone could find him, it would be Yue.

After hunting for awhile, Yue found him under a bed in a spare room.

Yue got on the floor, trying to get a feel for what kind of a mood James was in.