Swamped

You suppose you can always offer to look for drawing materials. But right now doesn't seem the best time - not when the focus is on the attacker. You'd like to keep it there.

"Do you have any idea what they wanted?"

"Well, they sure as the hells seemed determined to keep that poker on me for a good three minutes, so I'd guess they were trying to draw something. As to what it is, or why they picked me to be their canvas, can't help you there." They sneer a little. "Maybe you can ask the gods about that."

"Perhaps you were just passing by when the idea entered their head?" you suggest. "Wrong place at the wrong time?"

"The freak came bargin' into my workroom at the winery, so no, I think they had their eyes on me. Or at least on someone who worked there."

You knew the injury had happened at the winery, but now it's out in the open. So you don't have to pretend you don't know that.

"Wait. How did they even get in, then? And what happened afterwards?"

"Don't know how they got in, but what happened was I screamed until someone came and pulled them off. Then I passed out and woke up here." They start groaning. "They said I just wore myself out with the screamin' along with the blood loss. Though now it seems I was out long enough to throw off my sleepin'. Like I needed another goddamn problem right now."

"Sounds like you had it worse than me," you say gently. "Well, I was knocked out too, but I don't know for how long. But I know reading has helped me pass the time, and since that doesn't work for you, I'll see if I can't find you something to draw with."

"Nah, don't trouble yourself on my account," they reply. "I can put up with it."

"It's no trouble. I'm not really doing much else anyhow."

Well, not yet, anyhow. You slip over to the office, and grab some blank paper and a pencil. Then you sneak over to the leaf box and slip one of the sleep leaves into your pocket. You even have some nice paper to keep around it.

You take a quick glance at the doctor to make sure he's still asleep, but right after you do that, you realize that something has changed since you were last here.