Christian sensed some unease within Penny, so he took a seat in a chair rather than on the bed next to her. Sitting next to her didn’t seem appropriate when they hardly knew each other. 

[color=#B0E0E6]”Yes, I took you to the hospital. You collapsed after you called for the authorities. The five-minute window had expired. You wouldn’t have made it if I didn’t, and well, you told me you wanted to live,”[/color] he explained.

Christian rarely had a full conversation with a human beyond convincing them to cross over to the other side, so this was new territory for him. The way he spoke was a strange mix of formal and informal. Often he would switch languages or how he spoke depending on who he was talking to, wanting to make them comfortable. This was rather different. He shifted in the chair, looking away from Penny when she offered to repay him. 

It wasn’t as easy to repay someone for bringing them back to life. Of course, an acceptable debt would be a life debt, but Christian wasn’t that person. Then, he was punished for his act. There was nothing Penny could do aside from keeping her promise to keep fighting to live. When she said she wanted revenge, that was the furthest thing from that reality.

Christian’s sharp focus trained itself back on Penny and he stared at her for a long time before he shook his head and stood. [color=#B0E0E6]”That is a poor course of action.”[/color]