[ There is an initial wince at the speech, but it melts very quickly into confusion. Violet eyes dart back and forth between a tv screen and the portrait of a rich person. She just... let it pass? There's even a second spent locking eyes with Liv in mutual question marks, offering a miniscule shrug in response. Well, at least Lion lives.

Now the real problem. A breath is taken in - still feels like knives through her lungs, hasn't kicked in yet - and she lets determination fill in the gaps her body left behind. She is still a near-corpse, like something out of some B-grade horror film, but the glare is lucid for once. There's no recoiling from Niina's slow advance. Until her death, she is unyielding as steel. ]

I broke no rules. I was not aware my medication from my previous stay ran out. I needed assistance that the others could not give, and I will not send you outside for this.

[ Go ahead, strangle the invalid, Niina. But she won't give you the satisfaction of her caving. ]