"Only two, honey." Ripley gently took the bottle an most of the pills off her. She retrieved the half empty glass of water the girl had drank from when taking the sedatives earlier.

"Thanks." Ripley offered a crooked smile to May.

She tried a piece of pancake. It was okay, but she seemed to really crave meat. She actually sniffed at May, assessing her as prey, before she caught hold of herself. That seemed wrong.

"I couldn't find any identification for her, or me." She looked around and spotted the puppy. "But she has a crude leather collar and a hand made tag with Oorie on it."

The puppy had retreated behind May's legs.

Ripley sat on the bed beside River and stroked the girl's hair. It wasn't apparent if it was to calm the girl or herself. "So.. update."