Seraphina's POV
Quietly, I approach the bed, sitting on the chair beside it, the can of bandages trapped between my thighs. As I place the first bandage on his cheek, I recall the first time I met him.
I was new to the Lab while he had been working there for two years already. One of the birds pecked me so I went to the clinic to get a Band Aid. He was there, too, and he gave me one. I mistook him for the doctor, actually, since he was also wearing a white coat, but as it turned out, he was just there because he wanted some ice for his stiff neck, which was not even from overwork or hunching over his desk. He had been playing a video game for hours.
Weeks later, I was sent to the field to collect some samples. To the sss, specifically. There was a joke that all the new recruits were sen
