Luke was the first to arrive. Anise matched his smile as best she could - she didn't want to look too miserable.

"I'm okay right now," she said in response to his question. While she still felt awful, it seemed to be about the same level of awfulness she'd been feeling since that morning. That meant she wasn't getting worse... right? She sure hoped so.

An idle hand reached for Tokunaga's paw, which hung over her shoulder, and grasped it nervously. "I wonder what we should do tonight..." It sounded like the others weren't sold on the surgery idea, and while Anise wasn't too keen on it either, she was getting more and more anxious as the days passed. Was this really the time to be worrying about taking risks?