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Kinzlie... had been having a rather interesting night. She'd hardly been able to catch a wink, nightmares throwing her about. She tried all her tricks, but there was just... something not right. Perhaps she'd call out of work and see if she could sleep later? The young woman paced about her flat, a small pang of sadness at the empty room her son had claimed. Even though he'd been at school for almost three years now, it still hurt to realize how lonely Kinzlie felt without Seb. The first ten plus years it'd always just been the two of them against the world, but not it felt like he didn't need her as much. Most people her age would be excited for the chance at freedom, but honestly, Seb had been her freedom.

As her thoughts wandered to memories of her childhood, Kinzlie was startled by a frantic knocking upon the door. Wrapping a blanket around her, the woman opened the door to see Nora standing there. "Nora? Why... what has you coming here at... so early?" Kinzlie's brain wasn't entirely on the ball, but there was something about that haunted sort of look in the older woman's eyes that caused her to step back. "Nora, what... What happened?"

Nora stepped in, trying to think about her words. The echo of her daughter's words was still ringing in her ears. Nani had tried to come along, but Nora had instructed the younger Heulwen to go home and change, then to take a moment and tell Laili what happened. But now, she would have to tell Kinzlie... who in all but name had become something of a daughter to her. "Kinzlie... There was an incident last night... And Sebastian... He was injured, rather badly, and bitten by a werewolf." Best just spill it all here and now.

That news was... not what Kinzlie had expected. Her baby boy was hurt? And weren't werewolf bites something of a lifelong condition? "You had better be lying to me. Tell me this is just some sort of.... of sick prank. Because if-if Seb..." She started, stammering over her words as tears filled her dark eyes. Nora moved just swiftly enough to catch her before the young woman's legs gave out. She quickly explained the situation, then told Kinzlie to get dressed so they could go sit with Sebastian.

It only took her a moment before she was done, dressed simply, begging to go. Nora pulled the girl close and apparated, landing them in the quiet ward. "Mam. Kinz... He's not awake yet, and they're still trying to fix his leg. It got broken pretty badly." Kinzlie sobbed again, being pulled close to Nora once again. The three waited in the hall until they were allowed into the eerily quiet room. Kinzlie hurried to the bed, seeing her son with his messily-stripped hair and deeply flushed cheeks. She didn't even notice the young man - around her age - standing on the other side of Seb's bed.

"I take it you're Mrs Moon? Um. Hi, I'm Brennie Findlay-Abrams. I'll be the healer in charge of Sebastian for now. We got him fully stabilized after the injury, but it was too late to stop the infection from taking over. He is going to carry lycanthropy with him from now on." His voice was somber, despite his squishy baby face, causing Kinzlie a moment of hesitation. "Th-there's no way to fix it? N-no way to make it go away?" She tried, her voice a broken plea as the young man sadly shook his head. For the second time in only a short matter of moments, Kinzlie felt her heart drop from her chest and her knees follow. This time it was Nani to catch her, holding her upright.

"There's more you're not telling us, isn't there?" Nora's voice was barely above a whisper, her own mind flashing back to the day she'd been in Kinzlie's position crying over her daughter. Healer Findlay-Abrams nodded a bit. "Y-yes ma'am. From being in poor condition through the night, he's also got a rather aggressive illness, paired with the severe injuries he collected... it's not going to make a super easy recovery. However, I've already consulted on the Head Healer from Pediatrics, Lyall Thompson, about the issue. He'll be by shortly to do more on that end. Either way, Sebastian is expected to make a full recovery, it'll just... take a while."

Kinzlie sobbed again, gently brushing the messy hair from her son's face. The healer bowed out after a few questions from the others, but Kinzlie had one focus. Her first thought was one of anger. If he'd never been invited to that damn school, he'd still be safe and human... but that feeling subsided, with anger at herself taking place. She felt like the worst mother in the world for allowing her son to suffer such terrible injuries... but even then... was there really anything she'd have been able to do?

It took several minutes of the three just standing in silence before anything actually happened. None could be the ones to break it, no, but the boy in the center of the room certainly could. Seb murmured softly, struggling to keep his eyes open before Nani helpfully dimmed the lights in the room. "Hey bubby..." Kinzlie spoke softly, gently caressing the boy's warm cheek. "Hey.... mama.... was jus.... 'bout you..." he mumbled in return, voice sounding almost syrupy from the infection and fever ravaging him. Kinzlie placed a small kiss on his forehead before carefully pulling the blankets further up around him. This was going to be a very long sort of day indeed.