The intercom clicked on and the Head Doctor sounded as cheery as ever.

"Good afternoon, everyone, and I'm sure you're all looking forward to our most sought-after of lunches... pizza! That's right: we're serving pizza by the slice with an assortment of popular toppings – cheese, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, veggies – for you to pick and choose from. In addition, we have garlic bread and mozarella sticks with marinara sauce for dipping, and we also have our regular choice of drinks – that is: water, milk, and juices.

"We also, of course, have all the regular benefits of our salad bar available. And on that note, I hope that all of you who had therapy sessions did, indeed, benefit from them, and I also hope that the new patients that we have coming in today will benefit from our intensive treatment.

"I hope you all continue to have a great day and I look forward to talking to you again!"

The intercom clicked off.

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That had been a very interesting shift, Miku decided as she was wheeled around. Not only for making a new friend in Endrance (well, perhaps not friend, but very kind acquaintance), but for the overload of unwanted information from the bulletin. It was enough to make her want to hide until there was no chance of a blush ever forming on her face (and ears, and neck and anywhere else a blush might decide to raise its wily head).

Her nurse was oddly quiet for once, as she gathered her meal (vegetable pizza and milk) and wheeled Miku away from the crush of other patients being herded in. Well, then it would be a quiet lunch, she decided.

"Now, Alice, I expect not to see a crumb of food left, do you hear? Not a crumb," her nurse chastised her gently and Miku winced. So, they were noticing. She'd have to be more careful to eat a little more.

"Ah... yes. I'm sorry," Miku ducked her head and started picking at her meal with her knife and fork. "I'll eat." Even if the nurse was really a monster at night, she hated that tone of disappointment. She sighed and picked at what appeared to be a piece of broccoli on her pizza.

[For Sousuke]