> Jay Boaz gently stroked the forehead of Chiaki Bushido as she lay unconscious in bed in a private hospital room at Phantomhawk Memorial. The doctors told him it was a concussion, but they weren’t sure when she would awaken from it.
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> She was usually known as the Psychic Samurai, but more recently as the chief operations officer of the Safe. It was her service in that capacity which led her to her current state. And it was in that capacity that Jay, who placed her in that position, wore a deep guilt in his lowered eyes and hanging head as he turned to face two of his most trusted Legionnaires.
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> Yuki Shiro responded by squeezing his shoulder gently as he walked past. Dreamcatcher Foxglove opened his mouth as if he were about to say something, but then changed his mind and simply watched his friend walk by. He had been friends with Jay long enough to know when the man wanted to be alone with his thoughts.
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> He waited until Jay was completely out in the hallway and the door closed before saying to Yuki, “He’s really messed up.â€Â
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> “Yeah.â€Â she whispered in reply. “He’s not the only one.â€Â
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> She referred to Lara Night, who rushed to Phatomhawk when she heard that Chiaki had been hurt by a falling concrete wall. Lara was still devastated after she realized the Samurai’s coma was beyond her ability to cure. And she partly blamed herself for the accident, believed that she caused it by what she did at the Safe.
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> The elemental blonde in question was further away than the hall just outside, where Jay stood with the back of his head resting against the wall. Lara was in the waiting room down the hall, leaned forward on the couch there. She was sitting quietly, worried and scared, halfway between crying and anger.
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