911 [Attn: All y'all.]

[Samael]

Of all the Awakened in the city, Lena might be one of the least likely to ride with Pan in an ambulance to the hospital. This isn't due to any kind of remote enmity or even personality clash, necessarily; she has simply remained a bit on the outside of the community of Tradition members and Orphans in Denver, either by choice or by circumstance. She floats in and out, one foot on either side of the involvement line.

But sometimes fate throws her in with them, and such happened last night. It was probably to Pan's benefit, as she is familiar enough with hospitals and with calling 911 that she could do it, allowing Serafine to try and hold the good Father together until help arrived. And when Sera was panicked and unable to ride along with, she volunteered without a second thought. She had her own wounds that needed to be checked out after all, albeit minor and in no way a priority compared to Pan's.

She promised Sera that she would keep her updated, and she does. As we've covered, Lena is familiar with medical facilities both as a visitor and as a patient. And she knows exactly how many rights (zero) she has as a non-family member. She doesn't try to bullshit them and say that she is, because that would be silly. So she provides the information they ask, answering honestly at times when she doesn't know. She asks from time to time, but she doesn't push. The people on staff have enough to deal with. So she remains a presence just reminding them that she's there, and any tidbit she gleans is passed along to Sera via text.

She doesn't sleep throughout the night; she's never been able to sleep in hospitals. She doesn't have a fear of them, per se, but rather a healthy respect. There's a good chance she'll die in one, and thus...well, it's just not a place you want to sleep if that's the case. So she stays there, she goes outside to smoke from time to time, she passes along information. She listens to her iPod. The latter relaxes her the most.

When Shoshanna comes in, she smiles to the woman. She tells Shoshanna everything she knows about it, if the Dreamspeaker is willing to listen. She doesn't try argue when she tries to suggest that she's Pan's daughter, though she doubts it will succeed. She doesn't. And now there are two Awakened waiting there.

Lena makes an effort to distract the Dreamspeaker with some small talk, to put her at ease. The problem with doing so is that she doesn't know Shoshanna; they haven't spent a moment's time together since that incident a good two months back when they were in a young girl's mind. It's not understatement to say they didn't exactly bond at that moment, so any attempt to do so is awkward. Still though, she tries. She asks how Shoshanna's been, tries to follow up from that. If the other isn't interested though, she lets it go easily.

Day comes. The two women are still there, and Shoshanna clearly wants to handle things. She knows Pan better. Lena's just the person who happened to be there. So she waits in the lobby, peeks in on Pan while Ana and the other mage are having coffee, but mostly waits. And when Shoshanna's back, she asks if there's anything she should say to update Serafine and the others.