It Is The Beating of His Hideous Heart?!

Sylas shrugs. "At the hotel, last we say him. Why?"

Sylas blushes. "She's, uh....she's good, y'know, at the hotel...."

Sylas blushes deeper, coughing and mumbling. "I may have left her....on the bed....w-without clothes...."

Sylas coughs again, a similiar shade of red. "E-Exactly...."

Sylas sits in a nearby chair, a deep red. "Yep...."

Stein studies Sylas for a minute before turning back to Asuka. "Another day for you, two or three for Aiko...."

Sylas jumps out of the room, returning with a nurse who helps Asuka on her feet. He takes one of her arms. "C'mon. Let's walk and talk...."

Sylas walks her slowly out of the room, then down the hall a ways. When he spoke, his tone was grave "It's in my eye again, isn't it? I've been seeing the eye on occasion. It's silhouetted over most eye-shaped objects...."

Sylas sighs. "You remember the promise you made me?"

Sylas rubs his eyes. "Not the point. Don't forget that promise, Asuka....."

Sylas smiles. "Thank you, Asuka...You're a good leader, regardless of what others say..."

Sylas shakes his head. "Only Sozen, and that was when he called us to tell us what happened. The rest of us know you're doing your best, and your best is pretty damn good..."