JP - Ryan meets Colt

Megan’s ears twitched, still able to hear as they went on. “I hope he’ll be okay…for her sake.” She whispered only loud enough for Ryan to hear.

Ryan reached up a placed a hand on hers in comfort "I'm sure they'll both be fine."

“I’ve never seen Piritta like that before, though…she’s…she’s always been the strong one and I wish I knew what to do to help.” Megan said.

"Just be there for her like you are now," Ryan replied "she's going to need her friends."

Megan nodded. “I still hate this happened to her…”

Ryan nodded in agreement as they entered his room taking her hand he pulled her over into a hug.

Megan almost stumbled into Ryan’s lap, but caught herself, not wishing to harm him. “What’s wrong?” She asked, hugging him back.

"Just thought you could use a hug" he whispered with a smile on his face.

Megan’s face was bright red. “T-thank you.” She mewled.

“I’m here for you Megan no matter what” He replied, giving her a warm smile.

Megan didn't know how to respond to this and her blush only darkened.

Ryan leaned up a little so he could kiss her cheek.

Megan blushed and just hugged Ryan again. “D-do you wanna get to bed?”

Ryan nodded, gesturing to the TV "do you want to join me we could watch a movie."

“I want to, but I have to check on my family…Colt came in and he’s…not well.” Megan’s shoulders hunched up around her head, arms hugging her midsection as concern crossed her face. “Remember that woman that walked in and whispered things to me. She told me that Colt, my brother, got badly hurt by that guy called Thrane…”

"I'll go with you then you shouldn't be alone for that" Ryan replied moving his chair towards the door.

Megan shook her head. “No, I’d rather visit him alone.” She admitted. “He…he doesn’t really like talking to people about things and only trusts me with most of his secrets right now…” Though, there was a hint on her face that she wanted nothing more than for Ryan to go with her.

"How about I wait outside the room?" Ryan offered as a compromise after catching the hint on her face.

Megan thought for a moment and nodded.

Ryan smiled as he rolled along side next to her "so tell me about your brother."

“Colt is…he’s hard to explain. Stubborn is the best I can think of…” Megan explained.

"I'm sure he cares about you though" Ryan replied.

“Oh, I know he does!” Megan giggled. “He’s just…I think he’s hurting a lot.”

"I'm sure his cute sister will be able to help him" Ryan chuckled.

Megan blushed and stepped into Colt’s room, grimacing at the sight of him as a nurse checked his vitals. The wind user looked very unhappy, pain in his eyes. She knew it was not because of his injuries, though. This was a familiar emotional pain she watched swim through his eyes for a long time now. “Colt…” She whispered.

The left cat ear he still had twitched and Colt turned his gaze toward Megan and Ryan. “Hey…” He muttered, voice sounding defeated.

Ryan felt sympathy for the wind user he seemed to be hurting in both mind and spirit. "Nice to meet you Colt I'm Ryan."

Colt shifted slightly. “Nice to meet you, Ryan.” He muttered through pain and finally relaxed. “I must look a sorry state. I apologize for it…”

“Don’t apologize, brother,” Megan said as she parked Ryan’s wheelchair by the bed and started helping Colt sit up properly. “You’ve been through a lot. What…what exactly happened?”

Colt looked between Megan and Ryan, not sure if he wanted to tell them or not.

"It's ok I wasn't in the best shape when you guys found me" Ryan replied trying to lighten the mood "if you prefer I can step outside."

“No, it’s fine,” Colt said and leaned back. “Everyone is going to know eventually…” He explained to them what happened, told them about the man he was trying to help when Thrane showed up and attacked. He did not go into details about what all Thrane did, but it was obvious enough if someone looked at him. Being burned and cut up the way he was, he knew it was a taunt toward Tzeitel from the monster of a man - he wanted her to know that he could easily harm her friends…even kill them.

Ryan shuddered for a moment before calming himself he had heard of Thrane in passing during his time in captivity. "I'm sorry you had to go through that."

“It could have been worse…” Colt admitted. “He could have cut off my limbs with my own sword…he did talk about doing that.”

Megan gave her own shudder. “Why would he break your sword into pieces to cut you up, though? Why attack you?” She asked.

“Because I’m someone he can use against the rest of you…more specifically Tzeitel.” He replied.

“I’m guessing you’re a message then” Ryan said as he took Megan's hand in support giving her a squeeze.

“Yeah…I guess so.” Colt shifted so he could lay down.

“Do you want to rest?” Megan asked.

Colt only nodded.

Megan, nodding as well, wheeled Ryan out of the room and closed the door. “He looks broken…” She whispered.