"I still say that was a lucky hit," Janius retorted, lightly touching at his bruise, "it's not as if the witches are likely to grab my shield, pull it off my arm and sock me in the cheek with it."

Ariel tried not to breathe too deeply as Ahnasha shifted to reassure her, but she tried to keep up the act of not being too bothered by it, to varying degrees of success. The nudity and the blood was one thing, but the smell only made things worse. "Oh, I'm-I'm not worried, thank you." Ariel glanced to Sabine, then back to Ahnasha, "I remember what Sabine was capable of before we restrained her, as well as the night that she was infected." Ariel looked down for a moment, but didn't dwell on the memory. She looked back up at Ahnasha, "I'll be bringing along the potions from our scouting run, so I think we'll be keeping each other safe." Ariel nodded quickly. She was a bit out of breath by this point.

Sabine leaned around Ariel to look at Fendros and Ahnasha with her blank stare. "Wash," Sabine said in an almost demanding tone.

Ariel was slightly relieved that Sabine had picked up on her insecurity in the situation, but didn't want to impose. "Oh, it's nothing really- I mean, y-you don't-" She stammered along, then Fendros raised his hand and bowed his head.

"It's alright, calm down," Fendros moved his hand to Ahnasha's shoulder, "How about we clean off this blood, Ahna? A bath will be relaxing before sleeping."

"Wear yourselves out a bit today?" Janius asked them from across the fire, observing their fatigue.

Fendros chuckled. "It was a big kagouti, the hunt was tiring." He replied.

"Right." Janius said sarcastically with a knowing smile. It was still fun to tease them.