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The nurse finished wrapping my shin and stepped back to examine her work. "That should hold for now. Let me go get your pain medication."
She bustled toward the medicine cabinet, her shoes squeaking against the linoleum. I watched her go, suddenly aware of how quiet the infirmary had become with just Cassian and me.
He cleared his throat. "I have to go now. I have class."
I nodded, trying not to let disappointment show on my face. Of course he had to leave. He was a professor, not my personal bodyguard.
"But you can rest here if you think you cannot handle what's going on out there," he continued, his voice gentler than before.
I looked up at him. "What do you mean?"
"The attention. The stares. The whispers." He shrugged. "In my opinion, their attention always goes to something
