Well, that had been a great dinner - certainly much less stressful than the previous night's. Niikura breathed a deep sigh as he pushed away from his desk and his finished dinner and stood up, stretching from side to side. He still didn't know what had happened to Mike, but at least Shiina had been taken care of--or, at least, he thought she'd been. If she had truly come back, she was probably in her room, right...? So it'd be in his best interests to check on her.

He didn't need to change because he was only zipping over to the other side of the patient blocks, and he didn't expect to do any heavy exploring, but all the same, Niikura still made sure to pack his gun. With patients turning into monsters right away, who knew how safe the halls were even close to his room. It never hurt to be prepared.

Sechs was already gone by the time he was ready, but that was okay; the guy had his own things to attend to. Niikura paused to check the batteries on his flashlight - they were still good, somehow - before heading out the door.

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