She instinctively shrank back at the sudden approach of the strange white figure, but as the thing drew in the dirt curiosity got the best of her and she inched back forward to read.

Did he know what was there? She looked at the white figure, then back at Amheurst, then back at the message again. "What do you mean?" She asked, but at the same time was making her way around the edge of the fire to get a closer look at the knight. Her eyes widened as it came into view, an odd, abominable shape hiding in the shadow of the knight. Lord Mother, it was as big as her, and it was attached to the poor man.

She dashed to the bonfire and grabbed the very edge of a piece of wood that was sticking out. Popping sparks flew into the air as she wrenched it from the pile and whirled the still burning end toward Amheurst. "Don't move Sir." she said, slowly approaching the man from the side so that she could see the [i]thing[/i]. "Just stay calm. You got nothing to worry about. You just got a leech. It ain't that big. I deal with this all the time. Hold still."

Then she hopped forward and jabbed at the thing with the hot end.