"Big brother?", the soft little voice had him turning around, "Can I talk to you?"
The Healer nodded towards one of the other healers and knelt in front of their little fledgling, holding out a hand for her take, her little fingers took his and he nodded.
"Of course, little one."
He walked her over to a free bed and lifted her to sit on the soft blankets. She played with the edge of her robe and he waited patiently for her to speak her piece.
"Are you hurt?"
She shook her head and he sighed in relief knowing that she was at least unharmed.
"What's on your mind, little one?"
The fledgling took a deep breath, "I remember a lot.", he tilted his head slightly, "And I'm scared Raphi.", he hummed and reached for her, letting the fledgling climb up into his lap and curl herself in his robes.
"Remember what, little one?"
"The war. I remember it big brother and I'm not as strong as I pretend to be. I'm really scared." He held her close and waited for her to continue "they came one night, when we were all sleeping, and tried to pull us from the others. It was so dark and there was so many of them and I screamed cause I didn't want to go." It broke his heart to hear her voice get so small, it was not fit for her, it didn't mix with her loving personality, "And I remember watching Theo and Thaddeus attacking Zaves friend. I watched from the window. They were horrible big brother. They did so many bad things and he screamed. He screamed so loud. Sometimes I can still hear it!" he pulled her closer and decided this was not something to be discussed in the presence of the others and walked them into his office, sitting in his chair, and cradled the fledgling close to him, "And Naomi. She was so scary big brother. She caught me once and strapped me to this table and had this point thing that made weird little noises and she tried to put it in my eye, but I screamed, and Jeremiah had come looking for me. Big brother, I saw them, they were strewn over in little cell rooms, there was blood coming from their eyes." She told him everything, all the things that she had seen and had kept to herself, and he rocked her as she finished up.
"I thank you for telling me, little one."
She nodded and cuddled in closer to him.
"I'm scared big brother. Don't let me go."
"Never."