The guard frowned, gesturing to one of the healers. It was a female elf nearly as tall as Korlash, with autumn leaf red hair and freckles. She looked worried, and offered a clean cloth to Korlash after she led him to Jin's cot. "Your... companion. She has been poisoned." She lifted Jin's arm, showing him the hand with the stab wound. The skin on the back of her hand was red and inflamed around the tiny wound, as if it had been a big bite. But unlike a bug bite, there was a darkness radiating outward, Jin's veins showing up black, barely visible underneath her dark skin. The black veins crept up her arm and halfway through her chest. "I believe the poison is keeping her from lowering her body's heat." She chewed her bottom lip in an obvious gesture of worry, the lip already cracked and showing a touch of blood. "Usually the body sweats to cool itself naturally. But she is burning with fever, and yet she is dry. We will work on an antidote, but for now, she must be kept cool." She sighed softly. "The problem is that we cannot keep her in this hut. Fire is needed to boil water, for cleaning wounds and freshening tools. Is there anywhere that you could take her that is very cold?"

Jin, on her cot, turned and mumbled in a semi-conscious state. "K-kor..." Her voice was hoarse, and her lips moved silently as she drifted in and out of an awake state.

"Here." The healer woman picked up a large wooden jug. "This water has been enchanted to be very cold- it is useful for certain healings. It also may save this child's life." She looked down at Jin. "One of the knights said she fought well, defending us as if she was one of us." A faint smile slipped on the woman's face, despite her obvious stress. "She must truly love you to fight so hard."