beyond of point of broke up

speaking about allen

The first day of Lenalee's hospital stay, no visitors were allowed. Komui came to see her a few hours after the attack, but she was already asleep. Heavily sedated, Lenalee drifted in and out of consciousness for the rest of the night. He was not able to visit again. Link had not needed any medical attention and Lavi had only been kept overnight, leaving Lenalee with the hospital room all to herself— until 9 am, when the head nurse finally relented and, shouting for the mob outside to form a single file line, let the first person in.

"Baki, hi," Lenalee greeted as the supervisor shoved his way in, a surprised smile playing over her features. Baki had never visited her in the hospital before.

"Hey," he grinned, though his eyes were focused on her injured shoulder. Lenalee shifted self-consciously.

"What brings you here?" she asked, hoping to divert his attention. Baki's eyes snapped to her face.

"Just stopping by for a quick visit in Komui's stead."

"Brother's not out there?" Lenalee asked in surprise, glancing at the door.

"Never would have gotten in myself if he was," Baki laughed. "He'll be here as soon as he can be, but he's still holed up with the other supervisors; I just escaped myself."

"What are they doing?" Lenalee asked hesitantly. Baki didn't answer, but winced looking at her shoulder again.

"He really did a number on you."

"It wasn't his fault," Lenalee said too quickly, sounding overly defensive to her own ears.

"That's what they're deliberating, and I'm afraid most don't share your opinion. Is it just the shoulder?"

"I jammed my ankle, but the nurse said that will heal on its own pretty quickly," Lenalee answered quietly. Baki nodded contemplatively.

"Well," he said after some time. "That's good then, you'll be out of here in no time."

"What's going to happen to Allen?"

"I don't know ye-"

"Baki," Lenalee interrupted, grimacing as she stared him down. "What's going to happen to him?" Baki frowned, wavering.

"Nurse said not to excite you," he muttered. Lenalee waited as patiently as she could, drumming her fingers against the I.V. stand at her bedside.

"He's being tried for heresy," Baki stated abruptly. At Lenalee's terrified gasp, he rushed on. "We're doing everything we can, but he's a danger to the order-"

"They'll kill him!"

"He attacked an Excorcist, Lenalee," Baki stated sternly. "And given questionable moves he's made in the past, there's nothing we can do."

"You know that wasn't Allen!" Lenalee yelled desperately, grabbing the front of his jacket. "Allen would never hurt me, or anyone else, you know him."

"Lenalee, he's not fighting it. He hasn't said one word in his defense," Baki gently removed Lenalee's hands and placed them back by her sides.

"But why?" she asked numbly.

"You know Allen's tendency to blame himself for everything— of course he'd never forgive himself for this. And you shouldn't be quite so quick to, either. I know that Allen would never intentionally hurt any of us, but if he can't control the 14th Noah then there's nothing we can do to even delay his judgment."