”Let us just say that Hortence seems to think that she does not play by the same rules as the rest of us,” Rafaela stated in a tired voice. She was not really in a mood to discuss her relationship with Hortence, but then again, she was never in the mood to discuss anything regarding Hortence.  She did her best to seem neutral anyway, because she did not want Akira to get a bad impression of Hortence; even if Rafaela did not believe that there was any other impression to have of Hortence, but Akira seemed like the type to believe the best in people, and she did not want to take that away from her.<br/><br/>She softly reached out to steady Akira, not wanting her to move around too much, and possibly move her ribs out of place, and thereby forcing the doctor to put them back in place again. “I will make sure that you get some proper clothes, and that you get properly taken care of,” Rafaela said in a soft, yet authoritative, voice. She knew what she was doing, but she could not blame Akira for being suspicious. “Also, you do not need to worry, my men are posted all over this place, and they have been told to take special care of this room, so you should be fine.”<br/><br/>Their talk was interrupted, when a dishevelled-looking man entered the room, having obviously run there, and that with great speed. “Captain Stringer,” he started, breathing heavily, as he tries to explain what is going on. “The thief is gone, we have searched the entire perimeter, but no one has seen her,” he stated, which made Rafaela rise from her seat immediately, sighing deeply. “I cannot leave you bloody wankers alone for two seconds, without you fucking everything up,” she said, obviously very unhappy with the guard. She shook her head, and turned to look at Akira. “I have got to leave, and sort this out, but I will be back to check on you later. Should you need anything, then a guard should be close by, and you can just tell them that you are a friend of mine,” she announced in a much nicer voice, before shooing the guard out of the room, and following him out.