Clumsy Flying — Even Clumsier Landing

"Nice to meet you, Loriana," Cordelia said when the winged female spoke her name. She waited patiently for the girl to answer her question about how she had gotten here, not going to rush or interrupt her.

When told that she had been hunted and chased here, concern could be seen on the vampire's face. However, she still didn't say anything, getting the feeling that Loriana was going to continue speaking.

Her eyes went to the girl's left arm when she covered it. "Did you get hurt there?" she asked. She hadn't seen the wound earlier, but then again, she hadn't been looking for wounds earlier.

"Humans do not understand differences and will hate you for not being like the general population."

Cordelia nodded in complete agreement. "Exactly..." she said. "Maybe one day they'll learn to accept what's different from them, but I highly doubt it will happen."

When told that her arm was hurt as well, the woman nodded. "You should get that arm of yours checked out as well, then. Do you have anymore wounds?" she asked.

"The idiots probably thought I was a duck of some sort."

It had been murmured, but Cordelia's acute hearing had picked it up. "People are idiots," she told her. "Knowing them, they probably did think you were a duck. Or, even better, just wanted to shed some blood. The latter is more probable, though." A look of deep loathing came over her face for a moment, but left soon after.

"I doubt you plan on going back there, but if you ever want to get revenge, I'd be happy to help," she said.

".... acceptance if something craved by every being."

Well, the twenty year old didn't exactly agree with that statement, to be honest. She didn't crave to be accepted by anyone. "Most, but not every," she said. "But, agreed, I wouldn't get my hopes up. It'll be a long time before people understand how to accept others, if they ever come to understand it."

''I know I should get it checked, but I am not used to anybody caring or telling me to care for myself."

The woman nodded. "Well, you'll get used to it soon, I'm sure," Cordelia said. "Almost all of the people at this place care. Odd, but I guess it's a good thing, right?" When the other female mentioned getting her back checked, concern remained on her face. "What happened to your back?"

"I do, but I do no think they need getting checked. They are healing rather beautifully."

"If you're sure," the vampire said. "But, just a warning, the nurses still might want to check it. They're just.... nurse-like that way." She almost laughed at how she described the nurses, but refrained from doing so.

"Yeah, it will take time, I just wish there was no need for that type of conversation, if it was the case, I wouldn't be in this situation."

She nodded in agreement. "Exactly. I'm sorry this happened to you." By now, the two were at the school. Cordelia opened the door and held it for Loriana, waiting for her and not going to walk too far ahead of him.

''I suppose it is, but you've got to agree that it is sometimes weird don't you?''

She nodded once again. "Yeah, I agree. It can be weird sometimes."

''My back? Oh, its nothing, some drunk guy felt the need to carve something into my back, it reminds me that i will have to check what it says.''

Cordelia's eyes went completely wide. "What?! Are you ok?! Does it hurt, is it bleeding a lot, how did that happen?" Concern was all over the former mothers face. Even if she was a vampire and caused people pain, she still hated to see people in pain... well, sometimes; it depended on who was hurt. She knew that it had been a lot of questions, but she couldn't help that, really.

''It seems like an universal nurse trait isn't it? They don't let you go before they deem you healthy enough, which can take weeks.''

"Ha, indeed," she said. "It isn't fun being sick or hurt, though, so I suppose they have a reason to keep you there."

Once Loriana was inside the school, Cordelia closed the door and started walking toward the hospital wing. The girl didn't know where to go, after all. Once at the hospital wing, though, the woman merely looked to the winged girl. "Do you want me to stay here with you or leave?" she asked.

"I don't think so."

Cordelia nodded. That was good; when it was bleeding, it didn't bleed too much, so at least she didn't have to worry about the younger female bleeding to death. "Alright, good," she said.

She had noticed that Loriana didn't answer the question about whether it hurt her or not. The mother within twenty year old wanted to force it out of her, but decided not to. If she didn't want to talk about it, then she wouldn't make her. Besides, the nurse would probably be asking all these questions. She doubted Loriana would want to be asked the same things twice.

"Oh, I was hidng from in the woods and then this drunk guy came over and knocked me out and carved something into my back."

That poor child! She had gone through so much pain in her short live. No one deserved that sort of pain, especially one so young. Sure, the girl was a teenager, but that didn't mean that she was old enough to be treated like that. Compassion showed on the vampire's face. She didn't repeat her apology, though, figuring that a second time in saying it wasn't needed.

"You would stay with me?"

She could almost feel how nervous Loriana was. Because of this, and because she didn't want the younger female to be alone during this, Cordelia nodded. "Of course," she said with a small smile. The woman's head turned as she saw a nurse approach, and then looked back to Loriana.

"May I help you?" the nurse asked, looking to the winged girl, especially at her wings.