"She stabbed herself with an old nail. She must have taken it from one of the paintings hanging on the wall. But she'll be fine." Verona said. Kaien stayed in the church overnight to watch over his foster daughter. Yuki had blacked out after her scene yesterday, and stayed sound asleep into the following afternoon. She now laid on a small bed in the church basement, her eyes open but barely functioning. She was looking at Kaien, but didn't realize who it was because her vision was still a bit blurry. Kaien returned the gaze with guilt in his irises.
"Let's sit up, dear." Kaien said trying to help her sit up. "How did she recover so fast if she's a mortal? And when she thanked us...what did she mean?" he asked. Verona looked to Yuki whom stared at the floor.
"She didn't heal, she just tuned out the feeling of pain because she was so in shock of what she'd done to herself. She's still very much injured but the stitches should help her along for the next few weeks. As for afterwards, her common reaction was to channel another personality. You'll notice how she talks about Chindi often, the way she talks about her. It's to my hypothesis Chindi is not a spirit, but a second personality; you can tell because she used a male's voice which means Chindi is a rather masculine persona. Chindi wasn't thanking us, she was thanking Yuki. Chindi wanted our attention, and so Yuki who is most likely a victim of abuse to her second personality stabbed herself," Verona explained
"How do you know all of this? If I may," Kaien asked Verona.
"I was once in the study of parapsychology in my youth, also in medicine and health. Just in case we run into any possession cases. But I will tell you now, Yuki is not possessed. As I have mentioned, it is the amount of tension and negative emotion she's kept inside. But it is also a matter of vampire genes, knowing her past," Verona answered, putting on rubber gloves. He took a syringe and gently took Yuki's limp arm as she sat unresponsive. She watched the syringe slowly sink into her arm and watched Verona set it on a table across the room once he was done. "Alright Yuki," Verona sighed, hoisting her up by the waist and walking her to the leather chair that sat in wait at a table for her. She sat down, scanning the room.
He took her wrist, just as Takuma walked in. "Kaname wishes to speak with Kaien outside," he said. Kaien looked at Yuki, whom stayed returning the gaze like a lost puppy. Takuma slowly walked over to Yuki and sat beside her as she watched him closely; he smiled gently, making sure he made no sudden move to provoke her. He hated to admit...lately she's been being treated like a wild animal. Verona watched Kaien leave, then nodded to Takuma.
Yuki's senses were coming to as Verona placed his fingers on her wrist. He frowned slowly, moving his fingers about her wrist. She had no pulse. Takuma saw his troubled look and frowned. "What is it?" he asked. Verona shook his head and carried on to his next procedure.
Verona had Yuki hold a small metal plate between her two fingers against her temple, as a small machine started to draw her brain patterns. Kaien and Kaname slowly started approaching down the steps, trying not to interrupt and standing a few feet away. Verona stood slowly, taking the device away from Yuki as he tore the graph of the receipt paper. He froze, eyes staring at the paper intensely, then walking over to Kaien and Kaname.
"What is it?" Kaname frowned. He looked at them both. "I have been practicing these arts for 23 years...and I can't even describe this," he said, astonished. He showed them the graphing of Yuki's brain waves.
The waves would clump together, suddenly slow to a thin line, and then immediately go off the charts to finish. Kaname ripped it away to look at it. Kaien stared at Yuki, whom sat having a quiet conversation with Takuma. She looked so helpless and tired, like she hadn't slept for days or had just gotten over the flu.
"She has...an unreal range of frequency but no pulse. She's not human."