Aria could barely hear the words the stranger spoke but it wouldn't have mattered as she was already slowly drifting off into sleep. Though without really knowing it, she had found some comfort in knowing that he would be there when she woke up. The comfort she found in her dreams were amoung the best she had, had recently, even before the events with Carl.<br/><br/>When she woke she felt like she had actually gotten a good amount of sleep. How long she had been out she didn't know and had almost forgot where she was until a wave of pain swept over her. The pain was all it took to remind her where she was and that was when the panic set it. With one last thought she quickly looked at her fingers expecting to see the toothpicks but was pleasently surprised to see bandages over the tips of her fingers.<br/><br/>Then she remembered the stranger and looked around for him, slowly turning her head. She had hoped that she hadn't dreamt the whole rescue up...at least she had hoped that was what it was.