They've given her pills to ease the pain, but Raven hates the way they make her feel dizzy, like she might lose control of all of her senses at any given moment. She can't afford that. So instead of the two they offer her, she takes half of one, the biting edge barely taken off.

It's enough that she's able to walk about a little, though it's with a pretty profound limp. The nurses want her to stay where she is but the second she's conscious enough to head out the doorway, it's straight for Sean that she goes. She's not expecting to encounter him standing, searching for something in his hospital room. "Oh, no you don't," she says, breath of a laugh making everything ache. "I didn't get stabbed for you to waltz on out the second you came to. Get back into bed."