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Wolfe blinked, surprised. Then he smiled again before leaving.

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"Dalila gave it to me," Laurel replied honestly.

Nic wobbled a little before finally letting Laurel make him sit on the bed. She could see the struggle on his face to not let his frustration of being able to do something simple like standing overshadow what was really important right now.

Laurel sighed a little, "You almost died. Even a person like you takes days to recover from that," she reminded him as she tried to get him to lay down.

Nic was being stubborn about it, but after awhile he laid down.

Laurel didn't say anything patronizing as she sat on the bed beside him and ran a hand over his chest gently. After awhile a screen popped up from the foot of the bed, making Laurel jump a little. Wolfe's face appeared, "Laurel... you have a package."

Laurel blinked, "Already?" Amela appeared on top of Wolfe's head and screeched, making Laurel grin as Wolfe's ora seemed to get darker. "I'll be right there!" she started to get up.

Nic sat up a little, looking at the screen without showing his back. His aura seemed to get darker as Wolfe's did. But right now it was taking the little energy he had left to sit up.

Wolfe's face disappeared and Laurel continued to smile before suddenly pausing. "Ah..." she said quietly, "In order to ship her here... they had to know..." she paused, looking back at Nic.

Nic said nothing for a long while. Then he laid back down. There wasn't anything he could do about it. "... Whatever you brought with you from Chicago, have Wolfe take a look," he told her. "And have someone double check your eyes to make sure they're healing well."

Laurel paused before nodding a little, "It doesn't matter. They won't attack us," she stated with complete certainty. Her eyes changed slightly, something dark surfacing behind them. It was obvious to Nic that she knew more than she was letting on. But she didn't share as she started for the door, "I'll be right back."

Nic didn't try to stop her. He wouldn't be able to anyway. So instead he tried to nap and regain some of his strength.

He was awoken by a screech in his ear. "Sorry!" Laurel said quickly, pulling the monkey away from Nic's nose which it was now munching happily on.

Nic didn't seem like he had missed Amela too much.

Amela was very happy to be back, climbing around Laurel's shoulders. Laurel leaned in and kissed the tip of Nic's nose as an apology. "How are you feeling?" she asked since he was awake.

"Tired," he replied. Too much excitement for one day.

Laurel nodded, stroking his hair tenderly, "Do you want to eat something or just sleep?"

"... I'll sleep some more," he decided.