"Hey, hey, I've never seen a girl who didn't care about her face." The nurse pulled at Gale. "Other girls would kick up a fuss over pimples. You have such a big wound on your face. If you don't get stitches quickly, it'll leave a scar!"

"But I…"

"Deal with your injury first!"

Under the nurse's stubborn insistence, Gale sat in the emergency room while a doctor carefully bandaged her injuries.

"The one on your neck is fine, but the one on your face…" The doctor had a troubled expression. "If y