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Time seemed to be a factor that took up most of Krynn's treatment. Time that Krynn spent unconscious. Even with her lamia blood, without a full and resting stomach, the girl would heal very slowly. She would wake every few hours, dreaming in between each segment of consciousness. When she could eat, it was in small portions. She needed just one very large meal and another day of rest and she would be alright. Her mind was blurry when she would wake, but in sleep it was very clear: an enraged ifrit, sometimes doing tedious things. She would wake with flushed cheeks and wide, boa-like eyes. She would calm quickly, but still, it was there. It wasn't until a day and a half later the lamia could stay awake for more than twenty minutes. She was sitting up a little, eating a small cup of noodles, when she heard soft stirring in the bed next to her. Intrigued, the wide-eyed girl glanced over. There he was, of course not in the form she fancied, but still. She leaned over, checking to see if he was waking up.

"With me," Mustered the girl, with a spoonful of noodles in her mouth. Well.. he sure shot up quickly. Krynn wondered what he must have been dreaming about.. which reminded her of her own dreams and brought a flush back to her cheeks. Shifting a little as she sat up some more, the lamia tried to forget about the flustering dream. Overall, she was looking a little better. Her shoulder was covered and she was wearing only loose bindings, bandages, and an ill-fitting gown. She had her hair up in a loose, messy bun. She gave Rajin a weird look before eating some more noodles. After swallowing, she spoke again. "I have to stay here for a while. My tail was hurt." Casual conversation. It wouldn't be like this when she was out. She had already thanked him enough. Dreaming about the kid's monster form wouldn't change a thing.

When he turned his head she just kept eating. She watched his face heat up before he just sighed and laid back. He spoke softly to her.. weird. He seemed to be thinking over something, before she watched his face go red and his eyes nearly burst. He covered his face. Interested, Krynn used her better arm to help her maneuver her legs over the side of her bed. Sheets covered her lower half. When he calmed and looked to her again, he spoke. Her eyes didn't narrow to their normal appearance, but she gave a bitter laugh and looked down at her noodles. "I figured as much. You called me some other name." She looked to him again before glancing over at a button with a nurse symbol next to it. "Look, I can change rooms if there's going to be hostility. I understand if you don't want to be housed with your burden." At this time, her eyes did narrow. The dream was pushed to the back of her mind. Krynn had felt like a burden towards the end, and he seemed to treat her like one as well. That is.. until monster form. Oh well. She didn't glare, but she wasn't pleased.

Laughter did come, but it was soft and gentle, not harsh or mocking. "So I remind you of a pet?" The snake was grinning. She shook her head and set her noodles to the side. The pretentious air mixed with sadness was something the snake could feel. She was feeling that a lot these last few weeks. "Unlike your Alayi, however, I won't see you as alpha," She sighed and pulled herself back into her bed. Sitting up hurt her torso. She hadn't shed yet and wouldn't be able to for at least another day. The lamia closed her eyes. Rajin was opening up. He was showing her weakness and her was fragile and the girl wasn't drawn into it. Maybe he wanted her to be vulnerable back. She wondered what she could tell him to make it even. It wasn't fair to put her in this position. She opened her eyes and turned her head toward him. When she spoke, it was flat and held little emotion. "I used to fantasize about meeting a genie when I was younger," She looked to the ceiling now. She spoke again, this time with a sigh, "I was scolded and returned to my studies without further silly ideas."

"Look.. I don't expect you to understand," Not that the ifrit wasn't smart. No, he was very smart. He waited and listened, he didn't take her attitudes as meant to hurt or sting. Maybe he didn't take her seriously at first. When he asked, she had answered. Krynn couldn't sit up again, but instead kept her eyes on the ceiling. Her lids were so.. heavy. The snake spoke again, but her tone was soft and drowsy. She couldn't stay awake for long anymore. "He's a rejected suitor. It's.. complicated," The girl breathed out a soft sigh, but turned her head to Rajin. "Him and his.. brothers and his.. well, his family," She closed her eyes and opened them slowly, getting more and more tired. Damn medicine. Sleepy, her tone was gentle. Accented, but gentle, "They're.. angry. I don't want to marry anyone." She looked to the ceiling again. "And I especially don't want to marry someone so they can have my money."

Grabbing her sure helped. The lamia gave a small yelp. When she unhinged her jaw in her fight with Raul, she bruised the lining just some. His words were too frantic. Krynn stared at his with upset and tired eyes. "They're some other lamia family," She sighed and tried to pull her head back. It hurt to move, but the girl forced herself to sit up. She closed her eyes from the action, but when she opened them again they weren't nearly as venomous as her regular eyes. In fact, they were open. Almost inviting. The tiredness made it harder to look as holier-than-thou as she normally did. "Look, they're some crazy brothers who I don't want as husbands. So they want to kill me. It's normal, stupid, lower class behavior." Krynn touched her jaw softly, looking straight ahead. "I don't know why, alright? I don't know why aside from the money. We trained together, for a while, but it wasn't just us. Other kids were there. And I mean they were all kids, they can't be with me. That's so stupid." Well.. he had Krynn wide awake. And rambling. In a thick, Russian accent. With pools of salty water formed on the brims of her lower lids. "They're all at least just so much younger, and I mean they aren't that much lower class but it's just so dumb of them. And they aren't the only ones! All these stupid, young boys always just want me and I can't help it. I even try, I try really hard to make them dislike me. I'm never nice and I beat them in every activity and I'm smarter than they are and all they want is my money and my ******** tits," Krynn was breathing softly, and for a while it seemed like the lamia was lost in her own world where she let everything off her chest and everything was great. Except she realized she was talking to Rajin and she hardened her look and turned her head to him again. "Why does it matter to you, anyway? If you want money for saving me, have it. I can handle him and his family. I don't need you." She opened up wide only to shutter herself back in.

Krynn was to herself and upset that he didn't pay attention to her questions. What she wouldn't give to wrap around him, to silence him. To grip his body in her tail and force him to give her answers. To change into his monster form and dominate her. To- Rajin was talking and the lamia was listening now. When she spoke it was a bit more icy, "It isn't likely he's fighting for their cause. Merely using them to achieve his own goals. Besides, it isn't something you need to think over." Krynn sighed, looked down, and gripped her sheet softly.This was her burden and her trouble. She could do this all on her own. Zmeya needed no one. When she spoke, it wasn't immediately obvious she was trying to distract him. "When I first woke up they told me I wouldn't let go." She gave a small smirk, as if it amused her, "And when I asked them what I wouldn't let go of," She looked up, then looked to the scrap of cloth on the small table at her bedside. She kept her eyes on it, trying to appear lost in thought. She was. How was she going to keep the ifrit out of this stupid case? He didn't need to know all these things. "They said it was you." She looked back to him. Maybe for dramatic effect. She didn't know. All she knew was that part of her wished she could erase the visual of the ifrit in his monster form.

The ifrit was getting tired of her. Or, more likely, he was getting tired of Krynn keeping herself out of reach of everyone. He was tired of her acting like her emotions were untouchable or maybe he was tired of her seeming to be independent and dominant and alpha. Maybe it frightened Rajin. The lamia watched the boy seem to ponder over things. When he sat and rubbed his neck, Krynn watched. He didn't really have anything to say about her "confession" and at first that made her think she hadn't succeeded. When he spoke, she felt confronted. So she turned, very slowly, and adjusted her body so that she had her legs hanging off the bed. The lamia motioned to the space in front of her. "Grab a chair and sit. You probably hurt yourself with the cow." Her tone was a bit sharp and insulting. And challenging. Would Rajin really let Krynn rub his neck, knowing what she was capable of in terms of teasing and how much said teasing amused her? She grinned.