By the time Ema started hollering out for help, Kaiyle had been awake for nearly an hour.......thumbing at his guitar, desperately attempting to remember that song he had heard in the square only a day or two ago.
He wasn't sure what the issue was but couldn't help but walk outside of his room, dressed in nothing more than black slacks, and peer over the balcony towards the first floor.
"Cold towels, hurry!!" he heard Ema call out again.
"Cold towels.....for what?" he wondered out loud, just to be answered by Emas badly echoed voice. "Hurry, her fever is bad!"
It didn't take long for the room guard, Jaraette, and Hanzel to run to the kitchen.......and has they could be seen running back with the towels, an inescapable feeling of guilt began to nag at Kaiyle.
He was sure of where she caught the fever.......since the man last in that dungeon she laid in, had a bad case of influenza......and they hadn't bothered to clean it out.
"Damn it!" the prince whispered to himself, before kicking the banister and sulking back into his room.......
Guilt was an emotion he knew he couldn't stand for long when a persons life was endangered because of his actions, so after pulling out the white ribbon from his pocket, tying his hair back into it's normal ponytail, and then slipping into a white dress shirt he wouldn't bother to button, Kaiyle quickly made his way down the stairs and into the medical room on the first floor.
Once inside, he'd pull out a jar of antiviral medicine, a needle, and then some antiseptic wipes, before making his way towards the room the princess currently resided in.
"Poor girl, i haven't a clue what is wrong with her!" he heard Ema say as he entered the room. He couldn't see the older woman because the three guards stood crowded behind her. But as soon as he spoke, they would quickly move a side and let him approach directly behind the woman.
"I do...." he said, before walking up towards Ema. "Remember the thief we had in the dungeons a few weeks back......who had a rare persistent variation of influenza that we all had to be vaccinated against?.........Well he was in the same cage she was."
Kaiyle paused for a moment......his face showing only the faintest sign of guilt, while his heart was becoming weighed down by it, as he stared at the Princess.
"We didn't bother to disinfect the area yet, and the particular strain of the virus he had was strong.......during my medical class back at the main palace, we placed a piece of the virus on an open, but contained, slab.........it stayed there for nearly a month, before loosing it's infectious qualities. I shouldn't of placed her....."
Kaiyle stopped himself before making a full vocal admittance of his wrong doing.......and instead, took a seat on the bed beside Sakuras sweating frame, before punching the needle down into the top of the medicine container - quickly sucking up the liquid up into it.
"She'll need to be loaded with fluids........but not from a drop bag. Do you think, you could perhaps make a large pot tea, Ema?" the older woman nodded her head, and ran out towards the kitchen.
The Prince then dismissed the guards to go stand outside the room, before placing the now empty jar of medicine on a night stand and lifting the girls arm up from the mattress slightly.
"This might hurt a bit.....i.....apologize." he whispered to her, unsure of if she even heard him, before pushing the needle into the Princesses arm, a few inches below her shoulder.
After the medicine was injected, Kaiyle wiped the injection site with one of the wipes, before standing.
He had gather up all the medical supplies and begin to walk towards the door. But as soon as he reached the door frame, he couldn't help but turn around again at what he thought was the sound of her moving around underneath the sheets.........
He wasn't sure what the issue was but couldn't help but walk outside of his room, dressed in nothing more than black slacks, and peer over the balcony towards the first floor.
"Cold towels, hurry!!" he heard Ema call out again.
"Cold towels.....for what?" he wondered out loud, just to be answered by Emas badly echoed voice. "Hurry, her fever is bad!"
It didn't take long for the room guard, Jaraette, and Hanzel to run to the kitchen.......and has they could be seen running back with the towels, an inescapable feeling of guilt began to nag at Kaiyle.
He was sure of where she caught the fever.......since the man last in that dungeon she laid in, had a bad case of influenza......and they hadn't bothered to clean it out.
"Damn it!" the prince whispered to himself, before kicking the banister and sulking back into his room.......
Guilt was an emotion he knew he couldn't stand for long when a persons life was endangered because of his actions, so after pulling out the white ribbon from his pocket, tying his hair back into it's normal ponytail, and then slipping into a white dress shirt he wouldn't bother to button, Kaiyle quickly made his way down the stairs and into the medical room on the first floor.
Once inside, he'd pull out a jar of antiviral medicine, a needle, and then some antiseptic wipes, before making his way towards the room the princess currently resided in.
"Poor girl, i haven't a clue what is wrong with her!" he heard Ema say as he entered the room. He couldn't see the older woman because the three guards stood crowded behind her. But as soon as he spoke, they would quickly move a side and let him approach directly behind the woman.
"I do...." he said, before walking up towards Ema. "Remember the thief we had in the dungeons a few weeks back......who had a rare persistent variation of influenza that we all had to be vaccinated against?.........Well he was in the same cage she was."
Kaiyle paused for a moment......his face showing only the faintest sign of guilt, while his heart was becoming weighed down by it, as he stared at the Princess.
"We didn't bother to disinfect the area yet, and the particular strain of the virus he had was strong.......during my medical class back at the main palace, we placed a piece of the virus on an open, but contained, slab.........it stayed there for nearly a month, before loosing it's infectious qualities. I shouldn't of placed her....."
Kaiyle stopped himself before making a full vocal admittance of his wrong doing.......and instead, took a seat on the bed beside Sakuras sweating frame, before punching the needle down into the top of the medicine container - quickly sucking up the liquid up into it.
"She'll need to be loaded with fluids........but not from a drop bag. Do you think, you could perhaps make a large pot tea, Ema?" the older woman nodded her head, and ran out towards the kitchen.
The Prince then dismissed the guards to go stand outside the room, before placing the now empty jar of medicine on a night stand and lifting the girls arm up from the mattress slightly.
"This might hurt a bit.....i.....apologize." he whispered to her, unsure of if she even heard him, before pushing the needle into the Princesses arm, a few inches below her shoulder.
After the medicine was injected, Kaiyle wiped the injection site with one of the wipes, before standing.
He had gather up all the medical supplies and begin to walk towards the door. But as soon as he reached the door frame, he couldn't help but turn around again at what he thought was the sound of her moving around underneath the sheets.........