More and more people were coming the same way, which made Anise feel a little safer. If there were monsters lurking around, then it was possible they'd spot someone else before her, or if one did come after her, someone would be nearby to help. Well, assuming they weren't all jerks.

Anise heard a shout then, and whipped her head around... to find that she might have been a little too quick to assume she was safe. Something large was charging towards her from the darkness. Was that shout she heard a warning from another patient!?

"Eeeyahhh!" she cried in surprise and fear, turning to face the creature, raising both her meat tenderizer and her flashlight.

Fortunately for both of them, the flashlight illuminated the figure faster than Anise could swing her weapon. As soon as she caught sight of a slightly stubbly human face and a uniform much like her own, she stopped with her mallet raised high... then staggered backwards as she stopped herself from swinging it down at him, the weight and momentum of her weapon pulling her arm back over her head.

She stared at the man's face under the flashlight, and soon realized that she'd seen him before. "You're..." she began softly, still stunned, but her tone soon changed to a sharper one. "Don't scare me like that!" This wasn't the first time he'd done that, either!