Sure Heart had been busy with her work on the strange creature in the nearby bed. Observing a vial of his blood for test she's about to commit herself to at the Princess' request. It was Celestia's idea to magically test the being's blood for any unknown viruses or pathogens along with the potential for the arcane. The doctor has her back turned towards the bed as the being starts to stir awake. His eyes shoot open with a sharp inhale of air before shooting straight up in to a sitting position. He carefully looks around the room, his head turning just as slow, making sure to take in the surroundings as much as possible. They come to a stop on Sure Heat as she's turning back around. She gasps upon seeing that he's awake, nearly dropping the test vial.
"Guards!"
It has been four days. Four long days of court where the highlights of those days making sure her pupil hasn't buried her nose in her books and checking in on her guest currently in the infirmary wing. As far as she knows, he's sound asleep and recovering like he should. She'd be lying if she said she hadn't commited some of his features to memory, using them to guess what he might look like awake. Celestia, happily humming to herself, while she trots to the infirmary to check on her small, green guest. That is until a guard come galloping up to her.
"Princess Celestia! You must come to the infirmary." The guard seemed worried, almost sweating more from his emotion than the run. "The creature is awake."
Celestia's happy demeanor drops a few notches. "Take me to him."
The door swings open to the infirmary and in the frame stands a rather stoic-looking Celestia with two of her guards. Soft lavender eyes fall upon the room as a small smile is forming on her lips when she spots her guest in the corner between the bed and wall. Strange thing is he doesn't look scared but cautious. Red eyes meet hers and she watches him perk up more with some curiosity. Her smile widens as she flares her wings a little.
"Guards, if you would please leave us. I wish to speak to our guest in private."
Both of them nod to retake their posts outside the door as she steps inside the room. Just her, Sure Heart, and the being. Her warm eyes soon falling to the doctor, taking careful nd measured steps towards the bed.
"Doctor Heart, could you get him a glass of water please?"
Sure Heart just simply nods as she quickly retreats to the room's attached bathroom. Celestia herself turned attention back to her guest. Whom of which was intently staring at her from his supposed hiding spot with that same. She would take a step forward, getting closer to the bed and he would back up by one step as well. His eyes never left her even as Sure Heart is returning with that glass of water. Using her magic to give it to the Princess and watching her magic be replaced by the golden glow of the alicorn. Her guest tilts his head a little as the glass is levitated over to him.
They both watch as his stare flicks from the glass to the Princess. The being gingerly reaches out for the cup and takes it in one of its claws. Celestia is quick to note that they're rounded off more than ending in the sharp pointed nails or talons of those such as dragons and griffons. He seems to swirl the clear liquid around some, sniffs it, then some miraculous happens. What looks to be runes appear around his upper foreleg, just above here his claw meets the leg, and runs the unoccupied appendage over the glass.
The water flickers for just a second with strange magic, seeming satisfied with what he did, he drinks up.
"By the Sun, Princess, he does have magic!" Sure Heart nearly squeaked, not sure if out of excitement or terror.
Celestia just nods her head, having made some headway to potentially allying said creature. "I know, Sure Heart. I saw."
The being sets the now empty container on the bed and looks down at himself, seeing the bandages before looking back towards the two ponies. He loos back to the bandages and starts to undo the wrappings around his chest. The sight before them is stark, as the last of his wrappings unravel from his body, the scar doesn't even look like it was made at any recent time. Sure Heart's jaw goes slack at the mere sight of the fading scars the more they're revealed. Seeming to match more scars that the alicorn hadn't noticed until now.
"Doctor, I'd like to commend you on the good work." Celestia breaks the silence as the two stare at the small being unwrap the bandages.
"I didn't do anything, Princess. Just bandaged him up." Sure Heart replies almost dumbfounded.
"I know, I'll be keeping a personal close eye on him from now on." Celestia assures her by wing draping around the unicorn.
The week that follows Celestia's taking over observation of her new guest is quite enlightening. She's quickly learned of how nimble he really is, stealthy, and apparently has a knack for tinkering. The Solar Princess has caught the creature playing around with clocks, ovens, toasters, anything with some sort of machinery in it. Sometimes he'll reassemble the items to be better in some small regard, other times it's like he's learning. Understanding. Shame they can't communicate properly, but Celestia has taken to her archives in search of certain spells to conquer that barrier. At times where he isn't tinkering, he's there. Searching the shelves for something. Could be specific but it's always the tomes he picks through.