Katelina had to sign to allow Xandria treatment, and Jorick had to take responsibility for the bill.
"I can't believe they're charging us," Katelina muttered as she dropped into a plastic chair in the waiting area.
"Did you think it was free?" Jorick flipped absently through a magazine.
"I thought Europe had socialized medicine."
"I'd ask what that is, but-"
"It's free healthcare," she said.
"Really? Who pays the doctors? Who pays for the medication, or the bandages, or the electricity for the hospital?"
She paused. "Taxes, I guess."
"Do vampires pay taxes to the Sodalitas?"
"I don't know, do you?"