Leareth blinks himself fully awake. Looks at Belrun. "Is something wrong -?" 

"No emergency. There's a patient who couldn't be saved."

"Oh." 

Leareth closes his eyes for a moment, massaging his forehead. 

"- It is hurting her so badly," he says eventually, with a vague gesture in Marian's direction. "I wish I could – that there was something to say – I do not know her well enough to guess if telling her that death is awful and I am working on fixing it will help, or be more upsetting." 

"I don't know either.

Is this - out of context enough that we're going to be parking here trying to figure out how to blow up the moon -"

"...I keep trying to think about that and then it hurts my head," Leareth acknowledges quietly. "I think - yes? If they can do this–" a vague gesture around the room, at the machines, "then - what else...? I wanted to ask Marian about - what their world is like, outside of this place- but my condition has been keeping her so busy already." 

"Yeah. And I don't want to wander off while you're still in iffy shape. But if we're going to stay here I am going to need Amshalan."

"We - should talk to Nayoki. About how she found us. That would be more informative for finding the way back - I am afraid I do not remember anything after the wyrsa attacking us." 

"I can go see if she's up for explaining that right now."

Leareth nods. And then leans back and closes his eyes again, because apparently just having a conversation is very exhausting. 

Belrun pets his hair out of his eyes and goes to visit Nayoki.

Nayoki has discovered that her room has a TELEVISION! Television is the best thing in the world! She has no idea what anyone is saying, of course, she can't Thoughtsense the pictures-of-people - though when her nurse is in the room she can grab her understanding of the words from her surface thoughts - but even when the conversations are gibberish, it's very entertaining. She's watching something that seems to be about a....wedding? Wedding traditions in wherever-this is are very very strange but highly entertaining. 

"Hello - what is that?"

"It is the best thing! It is called a -" she pauses to carefully enunciate, "a teh-leh-vih-jun. It shows moving pictures of stories! My Healer said that they have actors, like in a theatre troupe, and they have 'cah-meh-ras' that they use to make illusions that they can keep on crystals of some kind! But not magic crystals, apparently everyone in this world thinks that magic is pretend!" 

"Well, I'm glad you're having fun. Is this a good time to talk about how you got here?"

She sighs a little and uses the remote - which Krystal very considerately showed her how to use - to turn off the television. "I suppose so." 

She does not, however, immediately answer. 

"...is it complicated somehow?"

"...Sorry, I am a little distracted." She rubs her bandaged shoulder, wincing. "It - is a little complicated. We completed the half-finished prototype in Leareth's Work Room, from his design writeup, and I examined the scene and was able to trace where you went - it seems the artifact did not work as intended, possibly because there was a large discharge of magic nearby when he activated it? In any case, I am sorry it took all day but we were able to follow you." 

She ducks her head. "But - we may have a problem now." 

"...what problem may we have now."

"The artifact did not actually come with me, it must have been left behind. Leareth's, too - I do not think I would have been able to track you down at all otherwise. But...that means I do not have it anymore. I did have the plans for it, but they took my clothes and I am not sure where they are now." 

"I can ask about your clothes and you two can make a second artifact when you're better. Does Amshalan know what happened?"

"Yes. I said I would come back for her - I was worried about landing in a hostile situation and it seemed better not to risk her safety, given..." Vague gesture at Belrun. 

"Yeah. But at least she can tell the Valdemarans so they don't panic." Sigh. "I'll go ask about your stuff." She goes back to Leareth's room to see if Marian is there.

She's sitting just outside it, alternately watching Leareth poke at his Jello cup and morosely staring at the glowing symbols on the screen in front of her. 

:Hey, where are Leareth and Nayoki's clothes and stuff?:

She leaps to her feet. :Oh fuck! I have no idea - they're supposed to come along with patients but I went myself to get Leareth and I forgot to look for his. I don't know for Nayoki but the ED had a hectic day too, bet they're still there. I can go look right now - I'm so sorry–: