Taking out the notepad and pen, the young girl quickly scribbled onto the clean sticky note, holding it out to the older woman, an indifferent expression on her face. Sorry. New places freak me out; I pace and adventure until I get a feel for the place.
She was a little surprised that the girl was mute, though she wasn’t sure why. Written English was certainly easier for Anouk to decipher than spoken, but presumably they would be encouraging this young patient to speak. Anouk wasn’t sure she believed the note either way, but she liked to give the benefit of the doubt. If something turned up missing, she could inform security of what she had seen; until then, there was no need to cause a fuss. “Well, that sounds reasonable to me. There are some that might wish to punish you if they knew that you were adventuring out of bounds, though, no? Per’aps I will come and adventure with you, and I will see that you stay safe?”
