Snow gave Raven a few pointers and teased him a little but mainly focused on Laurel.

"So you've finally stopped ignoring me, huh?" Kale asked with a bit of stiffness in his voice.

That seemed fine with Raven. It was going to take him a long while yet before he could meet this group's standards.

Blaze was silent for a short moment before looking away. She told herself something in her mind before turning back. "... I can't be with someone who doesn't do his best to take care of himself," she blurted out quietly. Then she wore a strong face as she waited for Kale to reply.

"... You couldn't have said that a week ago?" Kale asked blandly.

Blaze blinked before becoming a little irritated. Who's time was more precious? "I'm saying it now," she spat a little.

Kale sighed a little, "I'm 29 years old, Blaze. I've taken care of myself for a long time."

"You haven't taken care of your body," Blaze argued, but she didn't say anything more like she didn't want to talk about it.

Kale shrugged.

That seemed to flare up Blaze's temper again. "Eh?" she spat as she mimicked Kale shrugging. "That's it? Even when I didn't know if I'd see the next morning I would do the best I could to ensure that my body wouldn't give out before I ran out of injections. That was all I thought about for years - stretching every minute out of this broken body! I can't be with someone who doesn't respect that and won't try to do the same." Her eyes started to tear up and her voice got quieter. "... But there's nothing you have to say. Just a shrug..."

Kale slowly looked up at Blaze, the expression in his pale green eyes was unrecognizable to her. He just stared, gaze seeming to peer right into her.

After a moment, Blaze looked away. "... Fine, whatever," she told him quietly. Then she started to walk off.

The door shut quietly behind her as she walked off.

Blaze disappeared somewhere for a good majority of the day.

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A few hours before dinner, Yue was looking for a boat to get to one of the islands they were passing by this evening.

It wasn't hard to find a boat and when Laurel heard Yue was heading out she set out to find her. She really needed to get away from all these guys for a little while.

The rumor seemed to spread quickly. It took no time for Blaze to join them. Then Raven tried to smooth talk his way onto the boat.

"No boyfriends aloud!" Laurel teased Raven, "But... I guess fake boyfriends are okay." She winked at him.

Just after Laurel had said that suddenly Nic showed up without a word and assumed he had a spot on the boat.