When Ellis mentioned his tough childhood, Nellie’s own memories started resurfacing. From a young age, Nellie knew why the others isolated her. She had long since accepted the fact that she would never be able to fit in. However, she didn’t mind too much – it wasn’t as if they were bullying her outright. Still, it would have been nice if one of her classmates had attempted to talk to her. Nellie quirked her eyebrow in thought. Maybe she should have tried a little harder to socialize. Ah, oh well.

She chuckled over Ellis’ remark about people dumping a bunch of stuff in their coffee. Nellie preferred to drink chamomile tea because it soothed and calmed her mind. Floral teas were her thing. Coffee was, in her opinion, way too strong and quite frankly, disgusting. The caffeine would keep you awake and functional for a day and after that, the body would be sucked into a never-ending spiral of unhealthy sleeping habits. Coffee is evil. [color=#cfb6ea]"I don’t even know how you people can stand coffee,”[/color] she remarked, smiling. [color=#cfb6ea]“It leaves such a strong after-taste.”[/color]

[color=#cfb6ea]“You’ll have to teach us Assaults how to handle the controller. Oh, and…what’s an Xbo-“[/color] She stopped talking when Ellis’s face twisted in pain after taking a drink of his hot coffee. When his face turned red and his hand covering his mouth, Nellie was in full-blown distress mode. Her hands started frantically moving up and down, unsure of what to do. Wait. Burns. Cold water. Ice? Ice. [color=#cfb6ea]“El-Ellis! Your tongue, is it okay? Do you need some ice? Does this place even have ice? Where’s the ice?”[/color] Although she was flipping out, Nellie managed to somewhat keep her voice in a cool collected voice. The only thing betraying her emotions was her facial expression and a few high pitched words. 

Nellie was no doctor like Victor, but she was pretty sure ice would do the trick. She went behind the counter, turning around multiple times as confusion and worry crossed her face. She had no idea where the ice could be.