Xue Yang has been quiet for a while now, and Lily's almost forgotten he's there. She's studying quietly, working on her essay for her Mandarin Lit class. 

She looks up at the sound of footsteps.

Why are they even trying to save a maleficer. He's going to kill people.

Marian would have a number of things to say about the medical ethics involved in treating patients who are also criminals. She's not going to say that in front of this random other kid, though. 

"Hi!" she says brightly. "Sorry, I was just looking for -" fuck what's his name, did he even say, she doesn't think he did, "- for, uh, this kid. He came to the infirmary and asked for drugs and I, uh, thought I'd better do a followup and make sure he's doing okay." 

This is SCREAMINGLY AWKWARD. She is absolutely going to be judged by a 14-year-old for her extremely questionable nursing judgement. 

She nods. In English: "He's definitely on something. He kept trying to snuggle me and asked if I wanted to have sex with him. I fed him some candy to keep him happy and biddable but I only have so much. I don't think he's had anything to drink." 

She looks down at Xue Yang. In Mandarin: "The nurse wants you to drink something so you don't get dehydrated from the drugs you're on."

Yikes. 

"I - uh - I'm sorry about that, that sounds pretty awkward? Do you want me to try to distract him?" 

"I will drink the thing!" he says to Marian.

She gives him one of the bottles of Pedialyte, the one that's supposedly grape flavored. 

"- He, uh, was kind of scary," she explains to Lily. "Kept saying he was bored and also that he'd done crimes before? I - think he has some sort of really awful backstory. I...guess I was trying to keep him happy too, and also - make sure he didn't go around doing crimes just because he's bored." 

Oh, this stuff is delicious. He drinks it down in gulps.

"He was a bit less scary on the drugs than he was before - they seemed to put him in a good mood - but still not really good company."

"I can...try to bribe him to come to the infirmary because there's more Pedialyte there? I'm - pretty used to patients who're high on things." 

She glances at Wen Qing, who is after all the one who actually speaks Mandarin. 

"I want more of this!"

"You can have more of this if you come to the infirmary."

"Okay! Bye, Lily! I love you!"

"See you!" She keeps her relief off her face.

“Well, uh, thank you for keeping him out of trouble this afternoon.” Marian eyes Xue Yang, trying to judge if he’s actually capable of walking in a straight line.

He can totally walk in a straight line! Several of them at once in fact.

It would be really embarrassing if he fell down the stairs and broke something. Maybe she’ll try to take his hand and see if he lets her?

He snarls and says something in Mandarin.

Wen Qing chooses not to translate the graphic details. "Don't do that."

Well then. Apparently he wants to be cuddly with the freshman girl but won’t let Marian near him? …It’s incredibly stupid to feel hurt and rejected about that. 

“- Noted. Can you - help me keep an eye on him, try to make sure we can catch him if he does fall down the stairs?” She’ll start making her way down ahead of him, then. 

"Yes, I will."

Back to the infirmary, then! Hopefully without any stair-falling incidents! 

Xue Yang does not fall down the stairs! Those lights sure are pretty though.

He can play with her penlight if he wants, once they reach the infirmary? And she gives him the second Pedialyte, which is strawberry flavored.

PENLIGHTS?????

"You," he announces, "are half as good as Lily. Do you want to have sex?"