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[It's been four days since this incident took place, and now Yuan's finally fully regaining consciousness. The first thing he notices is a pounding headache. Roughly ten seconds later, he realizes his surroundings aren't quite what he expected to see. He's lying virtually face-down in a bed in the clinic. Peculiar, because last he remembers, he'd left the village and headed for the mountains. Raine had come to see him, but his recollection turns a bit fuzzy after that. The white wolf was there as well. And there was a searing pain... Like his entire body had cried out in protest.

He sits up straight with some difficulty, taking deep breaths to steady himself. His hands... They're just as they always were. A quick inspection tells him there's no sign of the black rash anywhere. Aku's presence is gone, leaving him to feel drained and somewhat sore. Some time passes in which he regains his senses and tries to sort out most of his memories. Dammit, what had he been doing?

Finally, he grabs his journal from the nightstand, wondering briefly who'd left it here for him to find. Probably the same person who dragged him to the clinic in the first place.]

[Written]

[Jack and Kratos]
The illness has been cured.
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[Raine]
Where are you?
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[With that done, he lies back to rest. He really does hate the clinic, but right now he's in no state to leave. Visitors will be received grudgingly but without protest.]

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You'll still need more time to recover.

If I didn't, I wouldn't still be here.

... I'm glad you realize that.

[He's silent for a moment. If she was mad at him, she wouldn't be standing here like this, but...]

I'm sorry. [For everything ranging from not taking her advice, to attacking her, to breaking her staff.]

... You were being possessed. I understand that they were not your actions. [At least, she hopes that's all it was.]

No. It's because I wasn't strong enough that the disease managed to spread that far in the first place. I'm to blame.

[She can see how he would draw that conclusion. Guilt is a powerful thing, after all.]

... So what do you intend to do about it now?

What can I do?

You can mope about how you thought you were weak... or think about how you can improve that somehow.

... But I'm sorry. Now really isn't the time for lectures, especially since you've only just woken up.

[Yuan's not entirely certain if he still can improve his 'inner strength'. He'd need to be at peace with himself and his past to do that, but in a place like Luceti, that's virtually impossible. His past mistakes will always be tossed into his face here.]

... How about you? Are you well?

... Hm? Yes, I'm fine. [Because she sounds just that convincing.]

[He'll ask a little more persistently this time.] Are you certain?

It's... just been a long few days, that's all. I've had worse.

Haven't we all...? [But he'll drop the subject if Raine insists.]

What's your point, Yuan?

[Point? He was just kind of talking to himself.] ... We'll always be recovering from something or another, considering the nature of this world. It's not good to ignore an injury just because you've had worse, but... That's the story of the pot and the kettle, isn't it?

[... Haha. The same way she reasons with everyone else, but the way she always manages to avoid thinking for herself -- save for the occasional reminders. Her hands clench tightly for a moment, before she shakes her head.]

... Indeed.

[See, this is why Yuan feels he can relate to Raine from time to time.]

I doubt I'll be going anywhere for a few more days, though.

It... took quite a toll on you. But you're awake now, which is good. It's ... progress.

[... That's an interesting way of wording it.] You expected the damage to be worse?

I... honestly didn't know what to expect.

That wolf... What is it?

If everything I've learned was correct, she ... actually may be a goddess.

A goddess? [He's still so used to the concept of goddesses being fake that he finds that hard to believe. Though she did seem very much unlike a normal wolf.]

I know it seems hard to believe, but ... once I began to consider that there was something more to her, after ... well, the demon was pulled out of you, she began to appear different to me.

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