not taking visitors

This wasn't the first time Hanako had been a patient and it felt safe to presume it wouldn't be the last. Still this stranger had better bedside manners than most, was eager to just help and was very soft about it. Like she was worried Hanako would snap and break at any moment. She was a drama queen of course, bemoaning her fate and acting as though her neck hurt very much but she'd be fine, probably. Childbirth hadn't killed her, had gotten close a time or two but she was still living and breathing, wishing she could be elsewhere.

"Thanks, you're very kind." Her tone was softer now, saw no reason to really take it out on the only person who had been nice to her. She let out a sigh as she felt the fur on her neck ruffled, slowly and gently to inspect the wound. "What made you want to be a pirate then? Sparrow isn't...." Wasn't what?

She didn't want to think about her right now.