When a girl raced toward them out of the dark, Guy was so startled by her panic and the blood running down her face that he could barely react. While his mind started to formulate ideas, about how they could get her to safety and deal with whatever had done this to her, all of that was snuffed out when something reached out and stole her back.

And just like that, she was dead.

Guy gasped, staring at his two companions for a moment as he tried to figure out what to do. It was only Anise's words that dragged him out of his shock, because while death was common here, it usually didn't happen that suddenly. Landel seemed more like the type who wanted to draw things out, and that was certainly how Guy's death had gone.

He caught his breath and nodded as the others discussed how to proceed. While he didn't really want to show much mercy to something that had just killed an innocent person, he realized that it could be another patient who literally couldn't control themselves at the moment. What if it had been Anise or Claude? He definitely would have taken care with it then.

Once he'd steeled himself, Guy started down the hallway, taking the lead as he held his sword at the ready. Whatever that monster was, it wasn't going to be easy to fight, and he didn't want to get caught by surprise if he could help it.