It was a lot of information that Kai had unloaded on Mira, but he had been unloading information since the moment he had put a gun to her head. She could only process some of it and still felt like perhaps what Kai presented to her wasn't as revealing as he acted.<br/><br/>"It sounds like racial discrimination coming back to haunt us," Mira mumbled as he told her the story of the Naiad girl. He proceeded to tell her about how the children were handled--and while admittedly better than she assumed, she still felt like the children should not be there.<br/><br/>"Why is it PM doesn't push for equality? What is it that prevents nons from coming to the surface? It seems to me there are a lot more of you than you let on--and numbers are strong, Kai. There is no reason to be in hiding," she stated as she climbed the stairs with Kai. His grip was surprisingly gentle.<br/><br/>An intercom system seemed to come out of nowhere and a voice came over it, "Kai, word over radio--Cherry isn't dead, but you almost got her. The boss wants you. Said something about bringing humans into non-only areas...? I don't know, get your ass down to his office." The voice cut off and Mira certainly did not recognize it. She looked to Kai with a furrow of her brows, "Are you trying to get me killed?" she asked, referring to the fact she was not supposed to be wherever Kai was taking her.<br/><br/>___________________<br/><br/>Paetra had terrifyingly lost consciousness in the ambulance ride and Kallista was left outside of the ICU Surgical Unit in a cold waiting room. She felt like the world was simply out to get her and Silas. Hadn't they dealt with enough of the world's shenanigans? Hadn't they already dealt with plenty of life or death situations?<br/><br/>Paetra was innocent. Kallista had been so happy when Paetra was born human. It had been something that had plagued her and Silas during the course of her pregnancy and there had been so much relief to see those cute baby blue, human eyes open to them.<br/><br/>"Ms...Namikal?" a voice said questionably, struggling with Kallista's maiden name. Her ears perked up and she turned quickly to see a man in scrubs with blood all over him. Her heart fell a little and she felt dizzy for a second. That was Paetra's blood--something Kallista was certainly not used to seeing. "Y-yes?" she stuttered out in reply and the man seemed to realize his bloody appearance was distressing her, but it was too late now.<br/><br/>"Your daughter is in a stable condition for the most part, but it seems that she has fallen into some type of coma. We believe it is an adverse reaction to the bullet that we obtained, but further tests will be needed...but again, she is in stable condition. We will continue to monitor her and keep you update. Currently they are finishing up in surgery and will take her to her own room in ICU--you will be able to see her then," the man explained, his face a slate of pure concern for the pale woman in front of him. Kallista blinked at the man, trying to keep herself from panicking at the fact Paetra had gone into a coma. She wasn't stupid, most didn't come out of a coma.<br/><br/>"Thank you..." she replied weakly, acknowledging what the man had told her. He went to walk away, pausing for only a second. It seemed as if he wanted to comfort Kally, but seemed to think better of it and continued on his way.<br/><br/>Just then Silas walked in, going straight for Kallista and wrapping her in his comforting embrace, "It'll be okay, sheill," he mumbled into her ear. With those words she let out a sob, "The doctors said Paetra is in a coma," she managed to state between heaves.