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<12/30/1971 ~ 11:50 | Blue Port, Gulop Region, Sprawn Valley>
The town of Blue Port was still left in the same state that Jane's mysterious spell bomb left it in. Though the time on every clock was supposed to be set to 11:50 A.M., the darkness of the sky from the pitch-black electrical storm above them told a different story. Through some of the open patches in the clouds, the dark night sky could be seen, illuminated with stars and the powerful glow of the moonlight from above. Town's people scattered and ran from the beginning of the scene in fear. Others were too awestruck to move, their gazes towards the stars that shifted before their very eyes.
And right now, some of those eyes were on Jane, who had taken a powerful blast of some sort of unknown light beam that was shot all the way from the moon. At least this was the visual effect the spell bomb gave off. Whatever Jane did, it must have backfired in some way. Only she might have the answers to what really happened, and Jane was too unconscious to do anything. Danny was holding Jane's sleeping body up on his back, as if to give her a piggyback ride, but the weight distribution made her feel really heavy to him, since she wasn't actually trying to hold on. Taylor had to give him a lot of help by making sure Jane was not about to fall backwards onto the grassy floor below them. She had to ignore some of the calls behind her in the distance while Danny pitted towards the south exit. People would be wondering if any of the three of them were affected by that vortex of light.
Though the high-speed winds and powerful beams of magic stopped, the sky was still left as dark as death, placing the entire crowd of people behind them into a silent and observant state, though only for a few more seconds before leaving speculation to amplify. The people who witnessed enough knew just as well as Taylor that Jane was far from okay after what happened to her. Danny planned on carrying Jane like this all the way back to Fronas, which would take thirty long minutes at this current speed. Danny couldn't sprint while holding Jane this tight. It could be too long to help Jane at all. "What do we do?"
Danny acknowledged Taylor after readjusting for the fifth time to hold up Jane. He had to hunch down his entire body, bowing about twenty degrees forward just to keep her from slipping, while also holding on tightly to Jane's legs under both shoulders. "We have to get her to Fronas now. We can't leave her here at Blue Port's medical facility."
"Why not?" Taylor didn't understand what the difference was other than the possible quality of service. Danny had to know something that she didn't. "You know the way back will take a while."
"It's the right thing to do!" Danny argued. "The doctors here don't know Jane. Nurse Francine and Jane's other friends will be able to help her a lot more than the few strangers in this settlement. Somebody has to know what happened to her just now, but we won't get those answers outside of Fronas. Besides!" Danny struggled to keep his voice up while shifting his strength. "It will be really bad for Jane, if the people here do find out what really happened. She has no protection in Blue Port."
Taylor studied Danny's face past the faint darkness. He looked really concerned about Jane, less willing to argue about anything else. It didn't make as much sense to walk to the medical facility further away, but since he seems to know what he is doing... "Alright. Let's hurry!"
Taylor followed Danny while he tried to speed walk as fast as he could, ignoring the doom and growing chatter behind them. The minutes passed on silently with minor visual changes in the night sky. Taylor assisted Danny all the way back home, keeping her thoughts on nothing else except for Jane's safety. She felt her chest tighten at the sight of Jane's state however. Her face was totally shut off, her body lifeless and inactive. If it weren't for Danny's check on her heartbeat earlier, she would have thought Jane were really dead.
Danny's back felt like it could just slide off with Jane at any moment, and he wanted to collapse after finally seeing the houses in the distance towards Fronas. They seemed to have made it back after that long run. The sky on this side was somehow different. The brightness was much more intense through the thick grey colored clouds. The daytime seemed like it didn't change at all, and the clouds above them were less intense in color and density. Not only that, but the color of the sky in general was much brighter, giving Fronas that blooming effect as if it were day time while ready to rain from above.
Taylor supported Danny by staying close, making sure he could keep going to make it further into Jane's hometown. There was a crowd of people sort of scattered up ahead. Maybe the people here had a similar experience with the insane weather changes over the last few minutes or so. For now, they were a little too far away to make out anyone's face. They only had to be just a minute away from Fronas's borderline.
Danny kept going despite the pains in his shoulders and spine. He caught the view of the crowd of people up ahead, probably concerned for whatever was happening in Blue Port. Even from here, it looked like one person in that group up ahead spotted him and Taylor walking their way. They got the attention of the other people hanging out at the edge of Fronas outside, pointing in their direction. Finally realizing that someone had spotted him and Taylor returning, Danny intentionally fell down to his knees, hoping to let Jane down gently. She still did not recover or revive from whatever attacked her in the sky, but now it would be someone else's problem to worry about. Danny needed a moment to recover himself, panting and breathing for life.
Taylor assisted Jane, making sure she didn't fall down and crack her head on the floor. It may be made of soft dirt and soil, but Danny sure didn't go down softly either. Now almost everyone over there was rushing and dashing their way all at once, trying to figure out what happened. The first one to verbally reach them was their own teacher, Eliza.
"You're back! Jane!" Eliza couldn't see too well from where she was standing. At first, it just seemed as if Jane was resting on her back from running too fast or something. Eliza needed to keep jogging, catching up to them both to figure out what the commotion up ahead was all about. After finally getting much closer, she realized that Jane was taking more than just a nap. "What happened?! Jane! Is she okay?"
Taylor needed a moment to think alone, ignoring Eliza's expression only for a moment. She wasn't even sure how to answer that question. Danny was too bushed to even try to come up with an explanation. Out of breath, Taylor got right to the point. "Jane, she needs help... Help her!"
"Jane!"
Eliza and Taylor looked back at the growing crowd. A lot of the people here were just bystanders who were clueless as to what was going on. That last holler was Jane's mother calling, Tiffany. Her husband was right by her side, and both of them could already see what sort of state Jane was in. Eliza had to admit quietly to herself; something happened in Blue Port, and whatever it was must have directly involved Jane. After all, it's what brought the entire town outside to figure out what was going on. "What the hell happened?"
"Jane," Tiffany called. "Is my baby okay? Jane?" Tiffany was willing to settle for Jane's angry response of embarrassing her in front of other people, but there was no reply. It was as if Jane was completely asleep, unable to wake up.
"What's going on?! What happened to her?!" The angry man's voice pierced through everybody else's, causing Danny and Taylor to stare. It was Kain, the town's Leray agent. He was here too, and by now, everybody must be aware that Jane was in some sort of serious danger.
"She needs medical help," Danny hollered.
"I'm getting Nurse Francine right now!" Kain took off just like that, eager to get Jane situated in the medical facility.
Danny looked all around him. So many people were demanding a real explanation, much more about what happened to Jane. The town of Blue Port, even from the view here had massive dark flashing clouds over it. You could see the major difference in the weather spanning over the sky in all directions. Blue Port's atmosphere was the darkest yet, but even Fronas was getting darker due to the grey clouds quickly rolling in. Danny had never even thought such a spell could exist, affecting weather for miles to come in such a bizarre way. What the hell did Jane do? Before he could think out a sentence, Taylor helped him out with an answer.
"Jane was attacked!" she begun. "Some kind of beam from the sky, I don't know what happened!" Taylor sounded really upset, and she had every right to be. Jane promised her that neither one of them was going to get hurt by battling each other in a fake match, yet here is all the evidence to the contrary.
Bella was standing beside Ms. Eliza as they exchanged looks of curiosity. "That must have been the same light the townsfolk saw."
Eliza agreed, "Yes, that flash of light in Blue Port was visible from here. And it lasted for longer than a few seconds. Taylor! You said Jane was hit by it?"
"Yes," Danny croaked. "I had to carry her all the way back. She won't wake up!"
The way Danny worded his concern was beyond painful to Eliza's own worried heart. He must have seen Jane attacked directly, but he wouldn't have rushed all the way back to the furthest medical facility if Jane wasn't still alive. "Alright," Eliza processed. "We're getting a crash cart now. She should be fine in medical." Eliza turned around to the people surrounding them. "You all need to back up! Give us some space!" It took some time before the people here began to listen and obey. Jane's family was given the clear pass to stay to kneel over Jane; they needed to make sure she was going to be okay. Eliza focused her attention suddenly to Taylor and Danny. They had to know more than what was just reported. "As soon as they take Jane in, I need you two to answer some questions."
Danny could only nod, still tired from that run with Jane on his back. Either she was really heavy, or he was really out of shape. Whatever the case was, Danny felt powerless already to do anything about Eliza's plan to interrogate them. She would soon learn everything, even about the illegal battle they weren't supposed to have. At least he didn't have to talk about it right now.
Francine was pushing by in seconds with equipment on wheels. "Help me with the patient."
Taylor looked up to the additional sound of some kind of moving object across the floor. The wheels bumping all over the grass were the ones attached to the mobile patient transfer unit, just a simple way to get Jane moving quickly. Nurse Francine was the one pushing the bed over, asking for assistance to get Jane onto the cart.
Bella and Eliza both had the duty of lifting Jane carefully onto the thing, while Kain just stood confused and watched. At least now, Jane was going to be under medical watch and analysis. After Jane was placed onto the sturdy mat, Francine began pushing the cart back towards the medical facility east only a short distance away. Taylor and Danny began to follow her in the same direction, but it was well known that nobody could see patients during exams like this, unless they are a qualified doctor.
The crowd of people here didn't really disperse, not yet anyway. Everybody was in some kind of a near set panic. The event in Blue Port was still unexplained, and so was Jane's condition. Telling anybody what really happened was now on Jane's most trusted friends.
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Only twenty more minutes passed since the medics took Jane into the facility's EI room, where they do energy examinations and surgery if necessary. Danny, Taylor, Kain, and Eliza were all sitting in the lobby of the same facility, since they weren't allowed to just walk in and watch. Eliza was already breaking the silence with her questions, leaving Kain to just sit quietly and learn.
"So you're saying," Eliza confirmed, "that you don't know what happened, and that it was an isolated event? Beams of light do not just crash down from the sky. So you're going to have to do better than that."
Taylor slumped back a little in shame. Eliza sure wasn't a dense character to be reckoned with. Danny was a lot more silent than she was, after Taylor already made up her mind about how much secrecy she will provide for Jane. "It was more than that to say the least. Whatever spell was used on her; it changed the whole weather in Blue Port. No, the time of day as well." Though it was expected for Kain to be the one asking these questions being the official agent, Kain knew that Eliza would be able to get more out of her own students than anybody else ever could, and for Taylor, it was most discomforting.
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"I noticed," Eliza replied. "As did everybody else who collected outside to watch. The skies here turned a pitch black as well, only it wasn't lasting for long. Our weather conditions mostly returned to normal a few minutes after the blast of light was seen from here. But reports from Blue Port still say that it's night time in that town, where it's day time everywhere else."
"That's impossible," Danny argued. "Even for Leray magic that is beyond what we know, that just can't be right. It makes no sense."
"I want to know what spell Jane used," Eliza probed.
"What are you talking about?"
Eliza crossed her arms, already suspicious that Taylor might be covering for something Jane wasn't supposed to be doing. "Are you really telling me, even knowing how dangerous of a state Jane is in, that nobody tried to battle her or the other way around? Because it's essential for her own life to know what sort of attacks she may have endured, or what exact spells were used by both parties."
Taylor could still feel the sweat accumulating on the back of her neck. She promised not to tell anybody that she and Jane had battled. Technically, Jane only used a spell bomb on herself, but both Danny and Taylor kept that detail in the dark too, playing totally dumb. If anybody finds out that Jane performed an illegal battle, her career would be over before it ever began. They would probably throw Taylor in the slammers as well.
Even though it was dangerous, Taylor was not about to rat on her best friend. After everything they have been through; there was just no way it can stop here. But Eliza does have one solid argument. Spells that come from the sky still have an origin from somewhere. She wasn't stupid in realizing that. If anybody in Blue Port saw a battle happening right before that blast, if even one person witnessed their fake fight, it would all be over. "Nobody battled!" Taylor sounded very defensive, but she needed to protect this one secret.
Eliza didn't even try to argue back in the same way. She simply leaned back and relaxed, perhaps confident that she would run down the truth one way or another. "Let's go back again, to the part where you two separated to do your shopping."
"That reminds me," Danny interrupted. He reached for his front pocket, pulling out Jane's personal supply sphere. He handed it to Eliza for safekeeping. "Since we did at least finish the shopping, here's Jane's sphere."
Eliza took the sphere from Danny, replacing it in her pocket. If he was so willing to hand it to her, it must mean nothing else can be learned from the contents inside. Still, Eliza won't pass up the chance to search them thoroughly. "At least we're resupplied now. But as I was saying..." Eliza studied both of their faces. Taylor seemed to be less calm than Danny was, so she remained facing her directly. "You and Danny completed the shopping for Jane, while she split up and did what?"
Taylor took her time to answer, and she had to think something over from memory. As a matter of fact, there was actually something odd about the situation. Jane told them before the battle that she acquired that large spell bomb from some mysterious man. That means he is the one responsible for whatever happened back there, but that didn't explain much else for anybody's case. Jane was trying to hide a giant orb obtained through mysterious means. It's even possible that Jane could have lied to her about how she obtained it. Stick to what you know, Taylor refreshed. Looking right into Eliza's eyes, she did her best to explain. "Whatever she wanted to. Jane let us do the shopping because she wanted us both to see what it was like in a Leray store, but that allowed her to walk around town, talk to people, and do whatever she felt natural. I had no way of knowing what was going on with her at the time. Danny and I just assumed she would do more training, even if it was in front of everyone else."
"I see."
Taylor's heart was pounding faster than before. Eliza was already on to her about something, but the thought of not knowing still left one possibility open for assumption. "I swear! Jane wouldn't just battle anybody like that."
"But she would lead you two away and then sneak off to do something she wouldn't want you to know about."
This time, Danny stepped in to defend Jane, even though he knew as well as Taylor that it was a lie to say the least. "Whatever happened to Jane, that flash of light; all of it happened after we got back to her from the store. She was just showing us how the supply sphere systems work."
"Let me clarify something," Eliza allowed. "From what I received from the reports, nobody witnessed a battle between any of you at the time. However, the flash of light that the reporters did manage to see close hand slammed into Jane from above. But as mysterious as that may be, the beam of magic that affected Jane had to be very large in range. Nobody was able to get anywhere near the site of impact as it was happening, nor was it easy to look at from the intensity of its glow. And seeing as the both of you are perfectly unharmed, that leaves me to conclude that Jane was packing quite some distance from virtually everyone when she was hit by that magic. So what was she doing so far away from you before getting hit from powerful magic of unknown origin, after the fact that you returned from shopping, and after the demonstration she gave you about a supply sphere?"
Danny was completely shut out silent, as was Taylor. No wonder Kain decided to keep his lips shut. Eliza is ten times more intelligent in her ability to push for details little at a time. If she applied to be an agent, Eliza would get the job with an automatic promotion by sheer skill alone. Taylor cleared her throat, giving Danny fair warning that it was her turn to try and fix the mess they were making deeper already. Taylor needed another second however, since there was no sure way to clear the anomaly up. Eliza had her by the neck for good. "Things got crazy when whichever spell happened - triggered. The sky was getting messed up long before any beam came from anywhere. And the winds generated from it did keep us from reaching Jane. But we don't always stick together just because..."
"We were exploring the town on our own terms," Danny applied. Even though he had to interrupt Taylor's train wreck of an excuse, he knew exactly how to throw Eliza off the scent. "Even when I was in the store, I hardly helped Taylor out. I was too busy looking at all the awesome weapons for sale that I couldn't afford. Plus, there were other places to head towards after we shopped, after Jane showed us how to use the supply sphere."
Eliza didn't figure out what else to say in order to trip either of them up. It's not like she knew they were guilty, but if they were, this was the only sure way to expose any shred of hidden truth. That magic had to have come from somewhere. "I get what you're saying, but I don't buy into coincidences. Nobody suspicious was seen in Blue Port, and so no intruders could have done this..."
Danny stopped her mid-sentence, raising his voice in anger as he stood up close enough to spit in her face. "Why are you doing this?! You think I'm making something up? Then say it to my face and prove it! Me and Taylor attacked Jane? Is that what you want to hear?!" There was a short silence, likely from the sudden shock factor Eliza was involved in. Danny never had to raise his voice like this before, but mixed in with the thought of Jane's current condition, the sound of tears coming from the throat were now present. "Jane is hurt. Probably struggling to stay alive! And I would know. I had to carry her unconscious body all the way back here for help, because I knew that only the doctors here would be able to help her. I couldn't trust her life with those strangers in Blue Port. I came back here to you people for help! I don't want anything bad to happen to Jane, so how about you stop focusing on us and try helping her?"
Eliza could only exhale in sympathy. The young lad did have a point. Just because nobody else was reported doesn't mean that's how it went down. "Calm down..." Eliza didn't know where else to go with this, so all there was left to do now is to fix what we all can. "I was only exploring a possibility. I won't ask again."
"Good. I don't take kindly to those kinds of questions," he warned. "And besides..." Danny waited until he had the attention of everyone there. After everything he learned so far about Leray magic, there was that one usual constant. "Leray magic isn't designed to cause severe injury or death. So whatever happened to Jane couldn't be the result of some spell. It's questionable whether that insane spell was even in a Leray format."
The teacher finally believed what he was saying. It was a bit surprising to see how far along Danny fared with the knowledge, which is perfect evidence that both he and Taylor have indeed been spending a lot of time with Jane. They had to care about her health, and they must already know what consequences could come from hiding any information that would prevent the proper treatment. "I hope Jane will be okay. You've certainly learned a lot from her already."
Taylor relaxed her eyes, noticing that Eliza was suddenly acting a bit different. Maybe she finally got the picture after Danny's incredible act, and felt sorry for pestering them with those questions. Taylor defiantly believed how he felt though... Danny was right too. Even a normal illegal battle like that couldn't be used to harm Jane. It all had something to do with that spell bomb. If anyone learns that Jane used a spell bomb on herself, then it would just inevitably lead back to evidence that she was battling illegally. Spell bombs can only be used during official battles, which was why Jane conducted one with Taylor in the first place.
"Nurse Francine wants to see you. All of you."
Danny looked up to the deep and unfamiliar voice. There was an adult man wearing a beige business suit. He even had a pair of spectacles, though they were hanging on to his suit instead of his face. Whoever he was, Danny sure didn't recognize him, and neither did the others, as it seemed.
"I'm sorry..." Eliza channeled. "I don't believe we've met."
Kain stood up, showing the whole room that he knew something about this. "I'd like you all to meet Mr. Foster. He's a Leray agent who's currently stationed both in Fronas and in Blue Port."
"Agent Foster," he identified. "I was hanging around Fronas off duty when the events happened in the town to the north, but that isn't reason for me to take myself off the case. I'm currently investigating what that flash of light was. But as for right now, we need to continue our analysis of Jane's physical state. Francine has allowed access for visiting privileges while she continues her diagnostics, and I want you all to be there to explain anything that she can't."
Taylor looked at everyone else, afraid of what this might mean. What was he even saying? An investigator? How could a Leray agent not be able to identify what kind of magic was used on Jane? Sure, the spell bomb was mysterious to Jane, but it's not supposed to be unheard of.
Kain felt uneasy about this. Mr. Foster was defiantly withholding something that he already knew. But even though it was quite bizarre for an agent to perform an intel gathering process this way, Kain didn't object or say anything. The nurse has already done the critical examinations on Jane Venn, though Foster would want the kids to believe otherwise. Something else is unusual, new information that can lead to more openings. Kain however didn't know exactly what it was yet, just that this guy has his own interesting method of collecting information.
"Lead the way then," Eliza ordered. She got the others to follow her and Foster down to the room where Jane was being held. Since they would be allowed in now, perhaps some more answers may present themselves.
Taylor kept herself as close to Danny as possible, since he is the only friend she has right now. Of course, talking to him with everyone else here wasn't going to get much accomplished. At least they would get to see Jane to make sure she is okay. It was only a short walk there, and the place where Francine was examining Jane really did look a lot like a surgery room, just without all of that sharp and eerie looking equipment around. Instead, there were small flat panels everywhere hanging from the surrounding walls, bringing a very contradictory stanza to the initial appeal to the funding of Fronas and this specific facility.
Jane was lying flat on her back, still out cold from whatever afflicted her so badly. Francine was hovering, but also waiting on Mr. Foster and the group to help her out with something. Though the only intention of bringing everyone here is to have them observe and watch. That's what Foster requested to happen anyway.
"Nurse Francine?" Foster attended. "What is the current situation?"
Francine was walking around a lot, trying to prepare for something. It was harder to concentrate with Foster around. The tone in his voice was so sharp and precise; it made Kain look like a normal man. Francine then hovered back to Jane, and waved her hand over her body. In doing so, Jane's personal energy scope was forced back into view again. The holographic box was smaller than usual, and phased halfway transparent as always. However, the display itself had an unusual color to everything, being that the entire energy scope was red instead of its usual orange. The exception to this was the MP count, flashing a dark blue text that defied the rest of the energy scope. "Her MP levels are critically overloaded. I've never seen anything like it, but I need to drain her energy now, or she won't make it."
Danny winced at the statement. So Jane really was in danger of death, even in the Leray zone. The energy scope looked a little more normal than before. It was glitching out the last time he seen it, but only now did he just learn that medics can force an energy scope to appear on someone against their assistance. Expecting to see the same MP status as before, Danny and Taylor both were baffled at the new change it was showcasing.
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For some reason, the energy scope changed from its usual orange glow to red, and for another reason, nobody else besides Danny or Taylor seemed to think that it was seriously unusual.
"Twelve hundred percent?!" Eliza read back. "That doesn't seem physically possible!"
"Stand back everyone," Francine commanded. "I'm trying a hard spell to drain her overcharged MP levels. I need some space."
Everyone did as she asked, but Taylor still wanted to know about the color differences. "Why is her scope red instead of orange?"
"Anything's possible at this point," Kain disclosed.
Eliza decided to briefly put Taylor's fears to rest, although the news wasn't exactly grand. "A person's energy scope changes to red to indicate critical health conditions. It only happens this way if real time damage is heavily inflicted, or if a person is getting close to certain death. It carries the meaning being the unknown recovery error message, since she can't heal with normal Leray veil assistance." Eliza paused in her statement, after which she turned towards Danny. "Which means you were right. A Leray battle didn't cause this. Leray magic can't inflict real time damage, let alone change the weather for several hundred kilometers."
"Whatever hit her somehow overcharged her energy levels, so it might carry properties of a support symbol," Foster concluded.
Francine's hands began glowing a bright blue color of magical energy, and a small unusually formed circular glyphring formed above where Jane was laying. She must be trying the spell to drain Jane's energy capacity, and from the looks of it, it was already working. The MP levels on Jane's scope were declining quickly, but it was obviously going to take Francine a while to keep it up.
"Look at that..." Foster murmured. "If this keeps up, patient Jane should still be okay."
"I just don't get what spell that was, or what it did to her." For once, Taylor knew she was telling the truth. Never in her life or even in a Leray movie did anything like that happen before. It was so scary too - to be forced around with Jane being zapped helplessly. How did she even survive it? "I don't think that even Jane knew what the hell was going on either."
"Well we can't just interrogate her as soon as she wakes up," Kain protested. "She's already been through enough as it is. And Mr. Foster?" Kain addressed. "If this does turn out to be an external attack with the attempted support symbol as you've suggested a moment ago, I'll be leaving Fronas to assist you directly."
"There's no need for that Mr. Kain." Foster declined the offer politely, though it must have been annoying for the part time agent. "You're not the only one with a total hatred to such things. I'll keep you posted however, since that could prove useful to any future developments."
What the hell are they talking about? Danny figured Kain was referencing something that Foster spoke about earlier, but it was like they were speaking in code now. Do they know each other? It would be a terrible idea to ask the new agent directly...
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Francine stopped her magic as soon as her work was complete, leaving Jane's energy below the normal threshold to allow recovery. Once it was done, the entire room heated to a temperature around ninety degrees, proving that most of that energy was dispersed in the form of heat. Francine nearly fainted on the spot after stopping, giving Eliza a reason to hold her shoulders after noticing. Using that spell for that long a time drained the life energy out of Francine as well. She hunched over, taking huge and loud breaths from the sudden pain of the drain spell, which put an enormous strain on the nurse. "I've done it. Jane will recover from here on."
"Good," Foster indented. "The investigation will still remain open. Right now, we need to confirm if that magical blast was indeed dark magic. But that will be hard to do from here. I must make a few more travels elsewhere. You lot take care in the meantime." Just like that, Foster walked out of the room, and he sounded both satisfied while still holding so much stress back. It must be his job to get the truth and nothing else.
Taylor knew that she was keeping vital information from them, but Jane was still going to be okay, and so was her career if she recovers from this. At least when Jane does wake up, she will decide for herself whether she wants the truth out. If Jane tells Taylor it is okay to start talking, then and only then will Taylor break these lips. Still, she wasn't waking up after all of that?
Francine finally recovered more than before, sitting in the chair behind her to rest. "She isn't expected to wake up for a while now. You all should head home and rest. Jane will be moved to the post-treatment room, where visiting will always be allowed. She'll have to take it easy when she comes to."
"Thank you Nurse Francine." Eliza bowed to one of her greatest friends. She and Francine didn't always talk to each other, but after today, even a few cocktails would go a long way; Eliza thought this to be preferable in sorting this all out.