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Demeter is in a chair by her bedside asleep, she's been there as much as she can.

Everything's a bit blurry, and confusing. Carlotta starts to pull at the line in her arm, stopping when it hurts. She does succeed in getting the little peg thing off her finger, but is startled when a loud alarm goes off.

Demeter walks up at the alarm and puts her hand on Carlotta's arm,

"Shh, you're in Milliways and need to rest."

Carlotta focuses on her; frightened and in pain, but recognising the voice. She stops trying to pull her tubes out.

"I thought I was dead and gone to the afterlife with Mum."

When Carlotta pulled off her pulse meter and set off alarms on her machines, she also set off an alarm on Zhaan's comm, which is why she is suddenly appearing at the door after having rushed across the bar.

She looks, at first, like she is trying to smother nervousness, and then she looks both relieved and exasperated at the same time. Quickly she moves over to Carlotta's bed and shuts off the alarm, noticing as she does that Carlotta's removed her oxygen mask and is well on her way to pulling out her IV line. "Well," she says, "I see you're recovered enough to have woken up and remove most of your support and monitoring equipment." She sounds more amused than annoyed.

When Zhaan arrives, Demeter moves closer to Carlotta to gently hug her,

"You were very badly hurt and we brought you here because the doctors in your time didn't know how to heal you."

Carlotta is comforted by the hug, but startled by the sudden appearance of a strange blue woman, and gives an involuntary squeal.

She's eying pulling out the IV line again, in case she needs to escape.

"Shhh. It's all right. You're in the Milliways infirmary and I am one of the doctors," Zhaan says. "Please don't pull that out. You're getting medicine through it, and if you remove it I will have to put it back in."

She's going to wait until Carlotta calms down before suggesting that she put the pulse monitor back on, or that she should have oxygen through a nasal tube if not the mask.

Demeter looks up at Zhaan and her voice is slightly commanding,

"I understand that you work here, but would you mind terribly giving Carlotta a bit of space as you explain things."

She's starting gently rubbing Carlotta's back to try and get her relaxed again.

Carlotta looks between the two of them, then stops fighting.

"Sorry, wasn't sure if I was dead." she says, lying back with her hand to her head.

"I don't remember anything since lunchtime."

Zhaan takes a step back. She's not intimidated by Demeter, but she'd rather not cause trouble. "Your medical file said that you underwent surgery for head trauma." She's not going to give the details unless Carlotta asks: she might find it disturbing. "It didn't say how you were injured." She shoots an inquiring look at Demeter.

Demeter can feel that Zhaan is more plant than woman which makes a part of her smile but at the moment all her concern is on Carlotta,

"I'm afraid that a horse kicked you, Carlotta. Will says that it happened after you very bravely saved Fern. Now will you let this woman keep you safe. All these machines are to keep watch on you when we cannot."

Carlotta relaxes slightly, as this is a reasonable explanation that doesn't involve her being dead. She looks over at Zhaan.

"I'm sorry. I've never seen a blue lady before. I feel groggy and sick and dizzy and my head hurts."