Misery loves company. But even Misery gets sick of Company after a time.

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She is here.

She is sleeping, actually.

How odd.

I never thought that they slept. But I suppose that they must. They are human, after all.

I am not human. I have never been fully human, but now I am less human than I was, than I used to be.

So why do I need sleep?

...Ah. The Head Doctor is back. He is coming in, obviously for her. Excellent. She shouldn't have been in here in the first place. Not while I was sleeping.

Not while I am awake.

I track his movements wearily with my eyes, noting the Head Doctor's nervousness. If it was not for my extreme languor, I would have snorted. His discomfort is well earned.

I'm sorry for that too.

I'm sorry for everything I did in here.

He is hovering just outside of my range now, poised to swoop up her and carry her to the relative safety outside of my room. He meets my eyes and tightens his lips, preparing himself for an outbreak of insanity as soon as he bends over.

I gaze back steadily.

However, he surprises me. "I'm going to take Doctor Uni back now. Is that okay? Is it okay if I take her away?"

I blink at him, not accustomed to being spoken to so pleadingly. What is this? What is this feeling? This...

I lean backwards. With relief in his black eyes, the Head Doctor immediately leans down and picks her up easily, though carefully. I watch sharply as he totters towards the door, making sure that he does not drop her. Hmm, it seems that he could use some sleep as well. I will try and get that over to him, somehow.

Is there paper around here anywhere?

(Pause)

Why am I doing this? Why am I thinking this? If I care for them, feel the concern that I felt earlier, the alarm, they will die. I don't want them to die.

Strange. They are no longer they. They are they.

This should not have happened. When did it happen? How did it happen?

The last question is not so much of a mystery to me. I have realized that they are human after all. They are just they.

Those mind blanks should be coming back any hour now. It's been a day...

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"Ah! Gohan!"

"It's all right, Doctor Uni."

"Oh, Head Doctor. I—"

"You fell asleep in Patient 89's room. I took you out."

"Did you have any problems?"

"That's the thing. I didn't."

"Ah..."

"Do you want to visit him today?"

"Yes. Do you think I could take his food to him?"

"No, that's the job of the interns. Doctors aren't allowed to that."

"Oh."

(Pause)

"I'm not going to bend the rules for you, Doctor, not even for a long-standing patient whom has finally shown some semblance of being human."

"I understand."

"No you don't. That's okay."

(Pause)

"Don't be so disappointed, Doctor. You're his doctor, you get to visit him any time you want to. I just want to be here with you, even with my busy schedule."

"Because he was your patient for so long."

"Partly, yes. Okay, well, mostly. It's that resigned thing I told you about..."

"Now that I understand."

"Ha! I like your humor, Doctor."

"Thank you, Head Doctor."

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Such camaraderie. Am I really the cause of that? I don't think I should be. Being a Saiyan does not merit me to be the cause of such lingering and such loyalty. I don't usually eavesdrop on my doctors, but they're right next door... I couldn't help myself.

Where are those mind blanks? I'm getting agitated. I don't know what will happen if I get agitated, not in this place, but I know that it will not take much for me to explode in this place.

Hmm... if I do that, will Bradius finally let me go?

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A/n: A mind blank again... And it's three pages this time, like I said it would be. :P Next is four pages. ;0) Thanks to Salazarfalcon (you popped in there right at the last minute! (Shakes fist)), Nooka, The General of Darkness, SSJMajinVegetaSaiyanPrince, MarshmellowDragon, Lucy Wood, and Shadow Dreamer 27!

Re-updated 09.02.05