[Rinrou]

Kale let her leave without a word.

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Over the next couple days, Laurel continued to nurse Nic though she purely did her job. She talked to him only when necessary and continued to read him to sleep. When she wasn't nursing Nic, she was down in the shooting range.

As the days passed as Nic got stronger, the nurse told Nic that he could start walking slowly around the room but he needed to be supported by Laurel. She told the same thing to Kale and Blaze.

So Laurel stood by Nic's bed as he moved his legs over the side and prepared to stand. She took his arm and waited.