The Knights of the True Cross sponsored a temptaint clinic not far from the last train stop, so Rin and Yukio took the woman there, waited in the near empty office while a Doctor fixed her up. Yukio had carried her back to the train and as they walked, Rin had noticed the woman's sickle lying by the side of the train tracks and picked it up. He held it now, turning it over in his hands and admiring the English inscription:
AWAKE MY SOUL, STRETCH EVERY NERVE, AND PRESS WITH VIGOR ON
"Who do you think she is?" he asked, looking up at Yukio who was leaning against the wall beside him.
His brother shook his head. "Beats me. She could be anybody, though I've never met an exorcist outside of the Knights of the True Cross." Yukio yawned. "I hope she's all right. I want to go home and go to sleep."
Rin couldn't disagree. He'd been teaching swordplay to dumbass first years all day with Shura nowhere to be found, not to mention dealing with Mephisto and several calls on demon possession he'd been forced to attend to on his lunch. It was late, and he was tired, but he was also curious—and he wanted to make sure the blonde woman was going to be all right.
He and Yukio waited in silence, listening to the ticking of the clock on the wall, watching the light flash off the sickle as Rin turned and turned it in his hands. Eventually the Doctor appeared coming through the door from the examination rooms into the office.
"You two aren't related to the patient, I take it?" he asked, glancing between Rin and Yukio. They shook their heads and he continued, "She was carrying her passport on her. American. Name's Daphne Olivia Lux. And she'll be just fine."
He smiled, that kind of doctor-y smile where they almost look humble but mostly just full of themselves for saving your life. Rin was about to scoff at him when the woman—Daphne, apparently, appeared behind the Doctor carrying her blood-soaked sweater and her purse over the arm that wasn't bandaged. She had a little of her color back.
Rin got to his feet. "Are you all right?"
"The sweater's shot to hell, but the arm will heal," she said, almost laughing. She looked at Rin. "Thank you for catching me." And then at Yukio. "And thank you for bringing me here." She turned and thanked the Doctor, shaking his hand and asking if he would get rid of the sweater for her. Surprised, he took it, and she bowed, thanking him again and then approaching Rin and Yukio.
"I gather from your uniforms that you're both exorcists? With the True Cross?" she asked, bowing in greeting and smiling when she straightened. How could she be so cheerful? If an alpha ghoul had taken a bite out of Rin's arm he would have been—well, he would have been fine, but that was beside the point. This woman was human, not half-demon. She should have been down for the count.
Rin just stared at her, his mouth agape while Yukio answered.
"Yes. Senior Exorcists, First Class. I'm Yukio Okumura and this is my brother, Rin."
"A pleasure." She held out her hand, shook with Yukio. "I'm Daphne Lux." She turned her hand to Rin next, but he just looked at her, so she continued, "I wouldn't have been able to eliminate the ghouls on my own. I'm glad you were there."
Rin blinked at her. "Are you sure you're all right?" She didn't seem completely together in the head. "Like, really sure?"
She smiled. "Yes. I'm sure. And I'll be out of your hair now. Thank you again."
She bowed and then she was gone, disappearing through the door with the tinkling of the bells hung over the entrance. Rin looked down. He was still holding her boomerang in his hands.