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Crash in turn wasn't sure what he'd done to deserve such a smile, it made his cheeks flush even further with embarrassment. He was pretty sure he was going to get dizzy soon, it'd been quite a while since this much blood had rushed to his head, he feared that it wouldn't remember how to cope with it. He tilted his head to the side as she trailed off and laughed, blinking in confusion when she didn't continue. [color=red][i]'...did something funny happen? Damn it I missed it'[/i][/color] He thought to himself, he didn't really remember any of the assembly, he'd spent most of it daydreaming and the rest of it executing a less than elegant drumstick retrieval mission. 

Before he could question what she'd laughed about however her next comment practically wiped it from his mind, the memory of that party was pretty hard to ignore.[color=red]"If he isn't we should convince him to"[/color] He grinned [color=red]"Well, apart from the whole angry dragon, rampaging demon and burning building part...it wasn't a bad night"[/color] He attempted, though his smile softened as he thought about the 'okay' part of the night. The memory -like most of Crash's memories- incited happiness and an equal amount of guilt. He'd proven he could be useful that night but at the cost of Kathy's hand. His expression was a conflict of guilt and uncertainty as he thought on that [color=red]"Still...peaceful would be nice"[/color] He decided, rubbing the back of his neck. [color=red]"Say...i-if he does would you..."[/color] Crash started in a quiet voice before trailing off. He was going through the motions of uncertainty and wondering whether finishing his question would be strange or not when Kathy got him with the eye question. Again, his train of thought instantly snapped to the new topic and pushed the other into a back carriage of the thought train speeding around his head.  

Crash glanced at Kathy as she mentioned the other girl, though he'd already forgotten that was her name. [color=red][i]'...I've really got to work on paying more attention to these things'[/i][/color] he thought, looking around the infirmary for Illiasriel very briefly before his attention was back on Lily and she was forgotten again. Lily's look was enough to halt him in his tracks, he flinched back from her and dropped his gaze to the floor. Though it didn't diminish his want to help her, she'd made it perfectly clear that his questions and concerns were unwelcome. He looked up at Kathy as she came to Lily's aid [color=red][i]'How does she do that?'[/i][/color] he questioned himself, feeling her reaction was far more fluent and reassuring than his own. [sub][color=red][i]'...her heart beats'[/i][/color][/sub] the thought snuck through but it was easily pushed away by his concern for Lily. 

As Lily walked out of the infirmary, Crash sighed and rubbed the back of his head clearly uncomfortable about letting her head off alone but -even with his lack of social perception- he knew better than to interfere [color=red][i]'Even Kathy couldn't help...'[/i][/color]. [color=red]"...What just happened?"[/color] He murmured, before Eric and Andromeda poked their heads round the corner, the former speaking all but two words. The shapeshifter nodded at Eric...[color=red]"Come on in"[/color]...now  he felt divided. [color=red]"This could make us late for the assembly..."[/color] Crash murmured [color=red]"...you don't have to wait for me if you don't want to..."[/color] he trailed off again, unable to hide his feelings on the matter. Though it was probably harder to read the more subtle parts of his expression because of his patch, he was still terrible at hiding his emotions...it was probably a good thing that they changed so swiftly and frequently. 

He was feeling guilty for holding her up but he wasn't about to leave Andromeda in a rut. [color=red]"If you put Andro on the edge of this bed I can have a look at her ankle? Lily said it's a sprained ankle...I can't magically make it go away but I can help"[/color] He grinned at them both, falling easily into his medic head. He moved over beside the bed, waiting for them to come in he rubbed the back of his neck [color=red]"K-Kathy?"[/color] He called, turning to look at her again. [color=red]"I-if you aren't in a hurry though...could you possibly hunt out a cold compress, ibuprofen gel and a support bandage?"[/color] He asked, flushing with color he quickly added [color=red]"Not too worry i-if you can't..."[/color] Silently kicking himself for the multiple stutters. [color=red][i]'I thought I'd got a handle on it...'[/i][/color] He thought glumly.