Tsubaki trotted the rest of the distance with a smile on her lips. It was good to see for herself that at least one member of her circle of acquaintances was still whole and healthy (or as healthy as one could get under the circumstances). Leanne was one of those people who didn’t, by any stretch of the imagination, deserve to be put through the Institute’s trials.

"Hey…" she said. "I thought that might be you. How are you doing today?" Given the illness and who had unleashed it on the prisoner population in the first place, Tsubaki didn’t really think there was much point in asking if Leanne’s symptoms had gotten better. "Is it… much worse today?"

Although Leanne didn’t look like she’d recently been turned into a monster, Landel’s promise that someone had already changed made her afraid that any one of her friends could have suffered through the transformation the previous night. Assuming they changed back at sunrise at all.