Swamped

"I'm a patient, but I seem to have mostly recovered," you explain. "So I've been helping the night doctor out a bit. This place is understaffed, after all."

Several patients mutter quietly to each other. Still, they seem satisfied that you're not involved in any tricks... or at least they're willing to wait until the night doctor can confirm your story.

The important thing is that they start heading back to their beds. And, just to be sure, you make a run for Mortimer's.

He's still there. But he looks worried - in fact, he's gotten out of bed.

"We need to check on Uncle Leo," he says. "Fast."

Well, you know where that bed is, so you turn around. But you're curious about something.

"All right, but why didn't you bring this up before? Did you just realize something?"

"Not quite," Mortimer says. "I heard someone on the other side of the curtain talking. And they said something real worrying."