Punishment

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana was hurt; or more accurately, was hurting. Not from the small bit of scrapes up she had received from the whole attack on the school events. No those small scrapes were healed up, what was wrong now was fresh wounds that she had received only a few minutes ago. Maybe a half hour, she could not recall fully since her head hurt among other parts of her body. She slowly sat up, wincing a little as she felt the various parts of her body complain from the pain. It was only for a moment that it was truly bothersome. Then after a deep breath she pushed the pain out of her mind, it was nothing that she was not used to getting. She had a higher pain tolerance and could handle pain longer than some other people could. Where a broken arm could cause someone to pass out, she was more likely to yell out in pain and then just breath heavily after that while she would work on setting the bone back in the correct spot.

Luckily there were no broken bones this time around; a dislocated shoulder but she could fix that herself. Well she would have been able to if they had not dislocated her left shoulder and messed up her right hand. It was a bit busted up, bleeding, and the bones ached. She could still use it, but it would be painful. “Thankful I know how to use both hands.” Roxana managed to get out with a weak chuckle as she spit blood from her mouth. She heard a hoot and then Delta flew down and landed next to her, having wanted to help his master out, but she gave him the order to say out of it. She was being punished for being a failure and didn’t want Delta to try and protect her when she was getting what she deserved after all. She reached out carefully with her busted up right hand since she could not move her left arm at the moment and carefully tried to pet Delta despite that pain. “At least they let me use my power to fight back a little bit.” Roxana managed, spitting out some more blood, thankful she didn’t lose a tooth and that the main amount of blood was coming from her tongue since she bit it in one of the punches.

Delta took off and Roxana did not and could not really stop him, moving to stand up, thankful that they did not break her legs or anything. SIGURD had sent two mutant adults to handle out their punishment for Roxana’s failures. She was able to defend herself as best as she could, but they were trained and one of them had a power that worked great against hers. Her hair was all black now since she used all of her power to prevent too much injury. In all she just had a messed up right hand, dislocated left shoulder, a few bruised ribs, a bruised jaw, a bitten tongue, and of course her clothing was a bit torn and messy with grass and mud stains from the fight and her power. She didn’t actually know where Delta headed off too, but she was headed back for her dorm, it was a bit of a walk, but she would get there eventually.

Delta actually had flown off to get some help for his master. She had not asked him to or anything but that did not stop the owl from finding a familiar person to swoop down and hit with his wing; trying to get her attention of course. Hooting and landing in front of the female’s path for a moment before taking off and fly in the direction of his master. Stopping and landing once and a while to hoot and make sure that the female was keeping up with him.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

They all had scars now, at least those that had been involved. Elsa doubted that anyone would ever see hers, would ever know, least of all because she didn't intend to show them. Indeed, she even kept the splitting migraine that she'd developed as soon as everything had finished. Time had passed, yet Elsa's brain still felt as though it were attempting to push her skull out through her head. She couldn't rest though; there were reports to fill out. They'd lost their accountant, but she'd left behind a drove of confusing notes, written haphazardly and done in a way that would take weeks to figure out, to say the least. Elsa had checked accounts though; saying they were well-off was an understatement. They might as well buy SPECTRE out at this rate.

Those reports stared back at Elsa on her laptop. She sighed and stared, wishing that she'd had time to adjust to the new upgrades they'd thrown onto her machine. Everything she needed. Joy. Of course, there were other things to consider... like a tapping noise. Elsa sighed, leaning back, closing her eyes. The damn owl. She opened her eyes, confirmed, then closed them, sighing again. Roxana. She hadn't really wanted to talk to the bodyguard, mostly out of guilt. She'd assigned Roxana Beau and Guylian, who were at least... willing, and they'd "protected" the school. And people died.

Elsa rubbed at her face again but rose out of her seat. She rose and then followed the owl as it hobbled off, mumbling under her breath. She'd at least had the sense to wear walking shoes, not that Elsa owned many pairs that weren't more sensible than stylish. Still, Elsa wasn't thrilled about walking through the woods while her head throbbed and her mind lay on half a dozen other problems. The owl had been insistent, and Elsa couldn't help but be at least a little curious. she also couldn't help but feel guilt when thinking of Roxana, given what she'd sent the girl to do not that long ago.

So one of the Bellefonte princesses entered the woods, following an owl to a brave knight who'd fought off an invading force. Elsa would've laughed if it wouldn't have killed her head. Instead, she raised her brows, having finally come within eyeshot of Roxana herself.

"You look like tenderized meat," she commented, running her eyes over the other girl. "You didn't look like that after the attack. Can we skip the veiled threats and blackmail promises and you just tell me what happened?" Not least of all because Elsa wasn't sure she could pry into even Roxana's exhausted mind right now, not through that throbbing pain that simply wouldn't subside.

[Roxana Strix]

Delta was pleased that Elsa did end up following him, she was moving a bit too slow for his taste, but he still would fly a little and then stop and wait to make sure she was keeping up. No, Roxana had not sent for him to get Elsa, but the owl remembered where Elsa's room was and had been called their by his master before so it was just the first location he chose to go to. Flying back to the place he was specifically told to go to deliver messages was a bit far and getting help from them would take too long. Delta did not understand that he made the best call with going with Elsa since the other people he would seek out where the ones that were the cause of what had happened to his master in the first place. They were close enough so Delta took up a branch and fluffed up his feathers as Elsa spoke to his master, causing Roxana to go still for a moment.

Damn it Delta. Roxana thought as she let out an inner sigh, the last person she wanted to see her like this was Elsa. Other who would see her she was just going to say she was being bullied, but Elsa could read her mind; however, Roxana was picking up that Elsa did not seem in the best shape. Not that Roxana was one to talk with her current condition. Roxana gave a weak chuckle to Elsa's words about wanting to skip over what their normal conversation went like. "Those are the highlight of our conversations." Roxana said with a small smirk that did not last long at all because her jaw was bruised and smiling was not the best idea right now. Elsa clearly was not in the mood for games, but how could Rox just let Elsa know what really had just happened to her? "Well I'm planning on going with the story that I'm not adjusting well here and that I'm being bullied. Believable, yes?" Roxana asked since she was not really adjusting well in terms of making many friends, but no one was actually bullying her.

Roxana shot Delta a look since this was his entire fault, but the owl was busy giving himself a quick clean, clearly pleased with his decision. "I apologize that Delta bothered you. He is an owl, but he still had a bird brain." Roxana said as she went back to her little limp walk, now toward Elsa since that was the direction she needed to go. "How are you doing by the way?" Roxana asked, since she had been meaning to check in on Elsa so she could get her own assessment of how Elsa was doing after all of this...for her reports of course.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

The highlight? Elsa was tempted to agree, and might have even smiled or said something dry about the statement under normal circumstances. This situation, however, fell so far out of normal as to almost be hilarious on its own. The excuse that Roxana tried to use had Elsa chuckling dryly, ignoring how the sound and slight motions did wonders for her headache. She should've grabbed sunglasses, and, for that matter, a first aid kit. Elsa couldn't help but wonder why the owl had gotten her instead of seeking out someone who actually had experience or training in helping people who suffered these kinds of wounds.

"I'd believe the reverse more likely, considering your training and what you've done for us lately," replied Elsa, keeping her voice level. She kept looking at Roxana, noting the look. She almost chuckled again at the mention of the owl, and she actually did when Roxana attempted to flip the conversation onto Elsa instead. She clicked her tongue.

"Attempting to change the situation so bluntly? That does seem unusual for you. I'm obviously better off than you," Elsa stepped forward and held up a finger, wagging it before reaching out to prod an area of Roxana that looked especially tender. If the girl wasn't going to admit to her injuries with words, she'd do so with actions and such. Then Elsa could try and get at the bottom of this puzzle, though hopefully without having to resort to drastic measures. Elsa was already fairly certain she was going to end up supporting Roxana's weight to help her walk, and the idea held absolutely no appeal for her. In fact, she was sincerely thinking of calling people that could handle this the way it should've been handled in the first place.

[Roxana Strix]

A dry chuckle which was better than just a blank stare or insults, since Roxana really did not want to have to deal with any form of an insult or not. She was ready for one because she always had to be ready for one, but she didn't want to deal with them. She was already in physically and some mental pain since one of the guys with a sound ability had given her a small headache and in general she was just not good against an opponent whole had sound manipulation. It messed up with her crystals, her, and in general it was just not fun having your butt handed to you no matter how hard you fought back. Normally she was not allowed to fight back, but they had sent two mutants to deal with her and those two allowed her to fight back. Fighting back of course left her hair basically black now and she was pretty much probably could make something really small and that would be it.

"Well not a lot of people know about the extent of my training and because of what I did for the school, well it would be likely that people would seek out to harm me for the possible loved ones that they lost." Roxana pointed out not really having any real feeling behind it because if people did seek her out having a problem with her not being able to save every single life well that was fine. She didn't care and she deal with it in her own way, plain and simple. Roxana had attempted to shift the conversation yes, but to something she felt was far more important. Sure she was hurting and help would have been nice, but she was confident that she would make it back to her room on her own. Plus after what Elsa had to make the calls on and pretty much everything that happened to her sister she was concerned with hoe Elsa was doing. Plus it was her job to look after Elsa in more than just the physical.

"Physically, other than that headache you clearly have. Yet I was more so talking about your mental state." Roxana pointed out as she watched the finger closely unsure what Elsa was planning on doing until she felt the sharp pain from where Elsa poked. She winced slightly; able to take some pain, but still went to smack Elsa's hand away from where she had been poked and shot Elsa a look that was clearly 'don't touch me'. "Is it safe to assume you are not going to drop it if I don't tell you?" Roxana asked, moving to go around Elsa, moving slowly but she was not going to ask for help and nor did she want it. Can't get blood on a princess after all and it looked bad as a knight to lean on a princess you were supposed to protect.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa was tempted to point out that at least a few more people knew that Roxana had training of some sort, seeing as she'd clearly helped lead the defense against SPECTRE and all, with only a Southern gent and an ex-cop to really support her. They'd done brilliantly, considering how understaffed they'd been. It wasn't something that Elsa really wanted to think about, especially now, though it came to mind anyway.

The conversation had shifted to their conditions. Elsa just smirked at the mention of her headache. So she hadn't been as savvy at hiding it as she'd thought. It was hard to hide when something that severe, but: "mine is a side effect of my power. Did your crystals spring to life and decide to beat on you a little? That might explain all this," she gestured, indicating, well, most of Roxana. She smiled tightly and nodded at Roxana's question. "You're an asset, and you've proven yourself to be even more useful than I thought. I'm worried when someone damages my assets, and I can be rather defensive of them."

This was a not-so-subtle hint to the fact that Elsa had all but led an attack against a government agency simply because they'd abducted her sister. Roxana would pick up on that without Elsa having to elaborate overmuch, which was, of course, her plan in mentioning it at all. It also bore a hint of thread toward Roxana too, though the other girl knew full well what Elsa was capable of. "Also, your hair is black, which is a little gothic for you."

[Roxana Strix]

Yes Roxana did know that people did know about her abilities, but she still could trace that back to Elsa's fault. Elsa knew what Roxana could do and of course Roxana could not have held back and acted like she was just some regular student when SPECTRE had showed up. Well...sure she could have since he job was not to protect all the students, only a select few students and staff. Yet there was still that part of her that was still not as cold as she needed to be. She was cold yes and was able to make the hard calls when she needed to, but in the end in the moment she just wanted to save as many people that she could. Maybe her employers would have seen more worth in her then. That not only could she protect her targets but protect a whole school. It might have looked good to them if no one had died, especially since one of her targets did end up dead. "I know that it is. I'm still concerned for your overall health besides what your side effects do to you." Roxana said as she gave a small eye roll about Elsa's comment about how Rox's crystals would to have attacked her.

Roxana remained silent and pressed on with her staggered walk as she spit some more blood out of her mouth. A tight smile and words about how Roxana was an asset, one apparently worth Elsa's time, and also apparently Elsa's assets. Roxana could not help but to give a weak scoff and the words choice. Yes, Roxana was an asset, something to be used; like an object, except her worth was determined by what she could actually do. "Your assets huh? You know that I don't work for you right Elsa?" Roxana asked in a certain tone, but she did understand where Elsa was coming from. Elsa led the attack, went and saved her sister, and even risked lives. If someone was important to Elsa then this princess made sure to do something about it and get back what was hers. Roxana respected that Elsa was ready and had gotten her hand dirty for the sake of those she cared about. Yet...there was some confusion now because Elsa had called Roxana her assets.

Roxana's mind wondered for a moment wondering if Elsa was ruling hinting at that Roxana had some value to Elsa. Well clearly she did, but was it in a way that Elsa would be willing to get her hands dirty for Rox? Roxana shook the thought out of her because she mostly could not see Elsa doing all that she did for Erika for her. No, Elsa had to just mean that Rox was useful to her and they she just wanted to keep her around. Roxana was hoping that Elsa would just give up but then she pointed out her hair and Roxana could not help but to give a weak chuckle the hurt because of her brushed ribs which stopped the chuckle pretty quick. "Do you like it better black?" Roxana asked with a small smirk that again did not last long because of the pain. Roxana hesitated for a moment as she weighed her options on the matter, even more so because Elsa would fine out eventually so it was better to feed her only what you wanted her to know. "I was punished for a few blunders on this mission." Roxana said after a moment, not looking at Elsa.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa dismissed the comment about her health, still not caring. She wasn't going to dwell on herself, not when Roxana looked like, well, this. She clicked her tongue against her teeth, though kept her mouth closed, letting the sound mostly echo in her own head. It sent little bits of pain shooting through her head, the headache not helped by the noise and movement. An asset, yes, that was accurate, though Roxana almost immediately dismissed it. Elsa raised a brow, fighting the urge to wince as it pulled at her face. "You certainly followed my orders quickly enough," she pointed out.

The temptation to read Roxana's mind roared within Elsa, practically demanding to be attended to. Elsa believed she could, if she wanted to ,needed to. The idea practically made her want to weep though, and that was absolutely the last thing Elsa Bellefonte was going to do in front of Roxana Strix. Instead she simple kept staring, allowing herself the slightest of facial movements when prodded. A cocked eyebrow at the question, for example.

Nothing moved on Elsa's face with the last statement. Made a few blunders. "Such as letting people know that you were trained," said Elsa, speaking flatly. She paused for a few moments, looking over at the school. "Would you rather work for me? I can pay better. I promise you that," Elsa did smile at that, obviously confident in the strength of her pocketbook, if nothing else.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana preferred to focus on Elsa, but Elsa still seemed to be more so pushing for on Roxana's state. Didn't she get the age old rule about if someone was not making a big deal about something then neither should you? Sure Roxana didn't look good but she was alive and was still on the job. That was all that mattered, the job, the mission, her purpose. Roxana was only concerned about getting back to her room so she could tend to her wounds and then get a little bit of rest before she would get back to her job. She would not go to the infirmary; she didn't need people asking questions like Elsa was doing right now. A few people already knew about her and that she had some skills due to the whole SPECTRE thing but she preferred for people to not actually know about the details behind her skills and that she was even using them still before and after things with SPECTRE.

Roxana stopped when Elsa brought up the point about how she had followed Elsa's order really quickly. It was true she had followed all of the order and right away, without question. "I'm used to taking orders from people that have power, that I can respect, and then orders are the most logical." Roxana pointed out and left it at that for Elsa to take it how she wanted. She honestly should not have obeyed what Elsa told her, that was not her job, she didn't have to. In all honestly besides the pints she gave she could not think of why she had not hesitated for a moment. Was it a part of Elsa's power that her organization did not know? No, that could not be the case. There had to be something else that was behind it. Roxana didn't know at the moment but she was going to think on it and figure it out.

Words about what could have been Rox's blunder. Roxana figure she might as well just tell the girl some more yet again. "Blunders such as you finding out about me, the events of what happened with SPECTRE, targets dying." Roxana said leaving things sort of vague but clear enough that Elsa should have been able to figure out all that Roxana was talking about. Then an offer to work for Elsa that had Roxana pausing in her slow movement towards the dorm but then went back to it. "It's not that simple. My family works for a specific organization that hires out our services to other companies, organization, anyone that has a need for us." Roxana said feeling like even that might have been too much information to give Elsa, but to her employers they already thought Elsa knew too much and she was asked to keep a closer eye on the girl.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

So Roxana respected Elsa, or at least the power Elsa wielded. She could handle that. It was, after all, accurate and complimentary. She couldn't help but smugly smile at it too, thoroughly enjoying that she now had Roxana openly admitting to it. There was a bit of Elsa that felt slightly worried though; did she really command this much from people? Could she pull them that well? No, it had to be Roxana; their relationship.

Then Roxana admitted; targets dying, people finding out, not that simple. Elsa noted the pause there, and she almost laughed again. Might've if her head hadn't hurt and a bolt of concern shot through her. "It's always that simple. People in monetary professions talk about honor and duty and all, but at the end of the day, they follow whomever can pay them the best. I assure you: Bellefontes can pay the best. I sincerely doubt that you're getting paid what I could if I wanted to hire you."

Especially given what Elsa had found in the books. If McLisk's calculations were accurate, and Elsa had no reason to believe they weren't, then they should be financially set for some time. Of course, if they were accurate, that meant all kinds of other possibilities that were... intriguing.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana still had not figured out what it was, she was thinking of it but could not come up with anything that could hold firm. Their relationship might have been a part of it but it could not have been the whole of it. There was something, something that was the largest piece out of it all. Roxana knew that but she didn't know what it was that was that larger piece. The thought of just doing it because it was right fleeted across her head but she shook that notion off. Doing the right thing did not matter since often she ended up doing the wrong thing. Laws meant nothing if they got in the way of what your job was. Roxana broke many laws, it was even hard to outright judge which of her crimes were the worse. Probably just the fact that she was a repeat offended and she was only eighteen years old, having done the things she had done.

Elsa spoke about how it was that simple, that honor and duty meant nothing, and it was about who could fill the pockets the best. Roxana was not going to disagree with that, because it was vastly true. Roxana did not care for the whole duty and honor; she only cared about hearing words that revolved around success. Roxana didn't even care about the money; she only saw about a quarter of it. The rest went to her company, then her family, then to the devices and resources that Roxana was given or ended up using, and then she got what was left. Elsa probably could pay Roxana more then what she was currently getting. Yet this job was assigned to her by the organization that was the ones that mainly employed her family.

"Still is not that simple for me Elsa. You basically would have to buy me from...the people I work for." Roxana said almost slipping the organization name there for a moment. Man she hated being in pain, it made her judgment slip a little. She just had to think of this like being touched, and then she could do with it without slip ups. Or it might have been that she trusted Elsa that she relaxed a little more. Or it could have just been something about Elsa that made Roxana slip up. She didn't know, she didn't like it, and she was tired of not knowing. "I could cost a pretty penny if they knew you took an interest in me working for you." Roxana said, not caring that she revealed this because it was true. People always wanted to hold onto something a little tighter when they found out someone else warned it.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Not that simple? Elsa was tempted to laugh that off too, but she didn't think that it would be appropriate. Besides, they both knew that there would soon be more to follow that, that Roxana wasn't about to stop just at "not that simple." Elsa waited patiently, even letting them walk a little closer to the dorm. The pained steps did remind Elsa that she should probably be helping Roxana move. She didn't, but she at least thought about it.

Cost a pretty penny, Elsa smirked at that. "You're underestimating me. I'm surprised," she said. She sighed then, looking over Roxana. "We need to get you to the infirmary. Are you able to move at more than a crawl or should I call for someone who knows more about medicine to help?" Since Elsa clearly wasn't going to leave Roxana alone to lick her wounds, no matter what the other girl wanted to do. She would, if need be, knock the girl unconscious and wait for help to arrive if it came down to it.

Elsa Bellefonte made absolutely certain that her assets were at their best.

[Roxana Strix]

"It's not that I underestimate you, it’s more so that I'm not all that big of a fan of being treated like an object sometimes." Roxana said and that was the honest truth about how she felt. She was basically an object to her employers; she was not like her brother and sister. Not like her parents. She had all their skills; it was not that she was worthless; she was just still young and therefore not important. Once she made it to twenty-one she was sure that how she was viewed and treated would be a little different. At least more on the level with how her older siblings were treated. For now however she was young, perfect for taking on the difficult task because so many people underestimated a child.

That did not meant that Roxana personally liked how she was refereed to, but this punishment actually made her feel a little better. Object could easily be gotten rid of and a new one purchased. Roxana was at least on the level of an animal in a way, where she was still brought trained and conditioned. Elsa then pointed out that they needed to get her to the infirmary and Roxana shook her head no. "Absolutely not. I have some medical training; I can take care of all my injuries and have what I need in my room." Roxana pointed out as she tried to move a little faster in an effort to put some space between her and Elsa in case the other girl tried poking her or something. She still needed to put her shoulder back in place and was thinking about using a tree to do it.

"If my condition is bothering you, you can go back to what you were doing. Or better yet go lie down and tend to your headache." Roxana said, having not requested Elsa here in the first place. That was Delta's fault and Roxana apologized for his acts. Roxana was honesty was having a hard time understanding why Elsa would even sort of care about her condition. Sure Elsa said she took care of her assets, but that did not give Roxana the why she was looking for.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

"You're not an object; I wouldn't hire an object,' replied Elsa, keeping her tone level. There was a hint of suggestion in there, perhaps even a dash of emotion. Elsa probably wouldn't have let it leak through if she'd been in perfect control of herself. The throbbing headache was making such simple things as communicating and handling herself difficult. At least Elsa was aware of it now; she wasn't about to start breaking down in front of Roxana. No, she'd already done that, thank you, and she wasn't about to do it again.

Elsa even managed to snort as Roxana insisted on taking care of herself, even rolling her eyes. "you look like hell. You're seeing a medic. We can lie about the reasons, say that I beat the crap out of you or that you had a fight with a bear. The latter certainly looks like it happened," Elsa clicked her tongue against her teeth at that, this time loud enough to be heard. She took great pride in not wincing.

"Oh, so we're being hypocritical now?" Elsa said at the next, moving to keep up easily enough with Roxana. after all, it was just Elsa's head that affected her. "I'm supposed to take care of myself but you, you're expendable. If you don't want people to treat you like an object, then stop acting like one. Now are you willingly going to the infirmary, or am I going to have to knock you unconscious? I'd prefer the former; you look heavy and I'd get bored standing around waiting for someone to show up to carry you back up there."

Elsa ended by pointing up at the school, as if Roxana wouldn't already know where "up there" was.

[Roxana Strix]

“Right.” Roxana responded simply, understanding what Elsa was getting at, but that was just how she felt sometime. She felt disgusted and disappointed in herself for even letting that slip out. Elsa did not need to know that and Roxana didn’t want to give the girl already more about her then she already knew. It was a risky game that Roxana felt like she was starting to lose, or even possibly had been losing from the start since Elsa found out about what she was doing. Roxana did feel a little odd because she was sure there was some emotion behind Elsa’s words, but it was just odd. Yes she knew Elsa was not heartless, no one truly was heartless. She just didn’t think Elsa actually cared for her outside of having use for her, but that might have been enough of a care for Elsa to give off some emotion towards Roxana. Roxana wanted to chuckle at Elsa’s words about how she looked but knew that it was not a good idea with how she was currently feeling.

“I could look like I was about to die and I would still handle it myself. As for the reason I think the bear would be the best bet since I doubt you could actually beat me, but again I’m not going to see a medic.” Roxana said with confide; Elsa might actually be able to beat her up in her current condition but would Elsa actually attack her while she was clearly hurting? The idea didn’t seem impossible, which was more reason for Roxana to get Elsa to go away and put some distance between them. There was a click of the tongue and Elsa calling Roxana a hypocrite. Elsa even moved to keep up with Roxana which had her doing some inner grumbling to herself about how Elsa could be stubborn, but how that itself was not really a surprise either. Roxana actually felt herself growing in anger at Elsa’s words about how Rox should not act like she was an object if she didn’t want to be treated like one. Roxana knew this already, she understood.

“You are important Elsa. You are a Bellefonte who a lot of people can already tell you will most likely be looking after this school, possibly along with your sister. You cannot be replaced. I can. Do you not get that?” Roxana said, the anger and frustration slipping out for a moment until interrupted by a cough that hurt really bad and had her spitting up some blood. Great, getting all worked up and making myself worse. Roxana thought to herself as she used the messed up hand arm to wipe her mouth, wondering if the site of even more blood would bother Elsa, but at the same time didn’t think so. “Don’t touch me or I will act to defend myself Elsa. It’s my job to look after you, not the other way around.” Roxana said, honestly feeling weird if the role would switch, like she was adding to her list of failures, and not even worth the medication or bandages.