'Ware the White Rabbit

[Sage]

Nox napped and Lily woke him up with a soft cry. She was hungry and Sage could feed her but she responded better to him. He fed her and was getting dressed before the nurse came in with discharge papers.

"You should still be in bed. Mr. Durante."

"It's Nox and those are my discharge papers?" He asked.

She glared at him. "They are but you didn't know that."

Nox shrugged. "Doesn't matter, either way I'm leaving." Nox looked to Sage and he nodded.

"We got a flight to catch." Which Nox wouldn't be thrilled about. But first class was better than coach and Nox had Lily to keep track of. It was amazing how much her presence calmed his impulses -- especially the darker ones.

As they left the nurses all whispered. They weren't whispering about Nox, more about him, how he looked lucid and awake and how quickly it changed when Sage had been looking higher than a kite most of the day while sitting in Nox's room.