Yuri looked at him. Wincing but hoped it had gone unnoticed. A hiss of air as more peroxide went into the wound. Glancing to the nurse and shook her head to something that was said. No painkillers. She was a warrior. She would take this pain as it was. The large gash was still bleeding and it would be harder to stitch up until they got some of it gone. "That is good and you will live as a human. Not a Hell spawned." Her voice was what betrayed the pain the most. Considering the bite to her leg had gone almost to the bone...it was quite painful. The nurse was stitching up the areas she could. Trying to stop the bleeding and soon was stitch up the gash.<br/><br/>She watched him pull out cigarettes and was amused he had them in this day and age. It made it easier to deal with the pain. "It was necessary for me, as leader, to take brunt of the attack. The hell hound...it was far larger than any I had ever seen before." She said softly. Frowning a bit then smiled at his words. "Yes. To a speedy recovery. More importantly for our new companion you to recover your strength. I understand it will take time for you to be up to traveling on your own but I have faith you can do it. Humans are far stronger than some mutants give them credit for. They have stronger wills to not stay down. I have no doubts that you will conquer this hurtle that has been thrown at you." This was just her way of talking.<br/><br/>She looked at him curiously. "It is not an unreasonable question to ask." SHe said. Clearly puzzled at to why he asked if she minded if he asked. "For a human given the antidote it can take a day to two weeks for the fever to fully break. It is entirely dependent on the human's immune system and stamina how quickly they will recover from the fever. Unfortunately the fever is necessary because it is the result of the antidote cleaning out toxins and other chemicals injected into the bite wound. I have built up a bit of a tolerance to the Hell Scouts and Hell Hound bites. Being they are the most common."<br/><br/>She looked at him and watched him smoking. "I pray for your success at not getting bitten again. There is a high chance you will succeed at never being bitten again." She said. Not trying to seem unsympathetic. The whole time she was talking you could hear the pain in her voice that she was masking from her features. Her wounds all sown up were wrapped numerous times and the bandaging tied off. She looked at him for a moment as he spoke again. "A lollipop?" She echoed. Not quite understanding this. Then remembering that humans were sometimes given such things by other humans. "If you want one I suppose we could supply you with one. As you are recovering in our care it is best that we help you with feeling comfortable and at ease here. It will allow your recovery to be speedier." She said softly.<br/><br/>She looked away to mask the stinging pain that had crossed her features. "I took one for the team. That way we could get to the armory and escape without too much chaos. My teams worked well and successful. Not always will the battles be as simple as todays. They guard food stores much more. We usually take seeds and plants to help our farmlands. The moss down here works like sunlights and lamps in the world above. This is a true city and we work in sync. We help each other and we will help you until you no longer need our assistance. The Rebel Mutants are not like the mutants you are used to dealing with. We are more human. I suppose that is the best way to say it. We are still very human even though we are not human. Some of us were exposed to radiation while others, like myself, could not help that they were born this way."<br/><br/>There was an underlying sense of sorrow that was quickly masked. "It is hard for mutants to show we are the good guys when the bad guys are also mutants." She looked at him. "Though there is some Hell mutants who we watch carefully because they seem to have maintained human attributes and feelings. We try to find those and inject them with the antidote. To restore them to whatever form they had before. Sometimes it is successful. Other times we end up having to kill them because they become hostile. Giving humans or Rebel Mutants the antidote is one thing. Giving someone already fully turned into a Hell Zombie or one of the other low ranking Hell mutants is a different story. We try to catch the virus before it spreads."<br/><br/>She looked at him seriously. "The reason yours spread was you were bitten by the Hell Viper. It is a giant snake with wings with more venom in it then all the poisonous snakes combined. These Hell Vipers are very rare as many will eat the others before they can grow. Hell Vipers shed their skins like a regular snake but they have intelligence. They are very sly and at times will try to fool humans into relaxing. A Hell Vipers venom is worse than others. The others would take a few weeks. Hell Vipers bites take a few hours. It is lucky for you that we encountered each other so quickly. Otherwise you would most likely be a Hell mutant right now with no guarentee of returning back to humanity."<br/><br/>She looked away. "It is something humans value and I understand this. In a way the mutants, the good ones, we value our humanity even if we are not truly humans. We are also not the bad guys. We are not the Hell strain. Don't get me wrong there is a little girl here who was born with the Hell strain...but she is harmless. We watch her as she grows but she has shown little signs of hositility. We are looking for a cure for this little girl. Hell Mutants if not in the hands of the Hell army can be powerful allies. Though there is great risk in that because it is possible for betrayal. So as a rule I tell my Rebels to not trust the Hell mutants. This little girl...you would like her. She is half human. I have never seen someone be half mutant."<br/><br/>She shook her head. "There is much to our society you would have to stay here to understand. While above humans hate us the ones we have saved coincide with us and treat us like we are no different from them. To the Rebel mutants that is the greatest treasure we could ask for." She smiled at him. "You are a nice man who is strong. I can see you surviving well on your own or with us. We will respect whatever your final decision is. In the meantime Momo is working on adapting your rifle with some of our technology so you stand a better chance on your own. It will allow the rifle to use less ammo but do the same effect as if it was using the normal amount of ammo." She explained.<br/><br/>She winced quite visably as the nurse began touching her side. It was likely going to bruise yet she did not complain about it. "When you are well enough I will show you the city. I'm sure you will enjoy seeing the entire city. You seemed quite amazed when you saw it from the cliff." She was hoping he would think on what she had said. She looked to the side. "Even if you leave...you will always have us watching your back. You may not be an ally but if you chose to go solo...we'll make sure you stay human." She looked back at him. "I hope you can learn to accept us Rebel mutants like we are human. It is okay if you don't but you seemed very uneasy with me. I just hope that this can change." She smiled at him.<br/><br/>"Are you hungry? I will get you that food we promised you."