Helena's eyes widened in realization when the swordsman called out her name. Past the battle wounds and torn up clothing, she recognized the man as Zaino. She had never met him before but he was renowned in Regna Ferox as being one of the few apprentices of the legendary Lon'qu. However, before she could even respond Helena was almost toppled over by a red flash. She looked down to see the archer girl wrap her arms around her legs, as if she was revering her. Helena immediately felt a blush coming on. Although she was used to attention, she never received [i]this[/i] type of attention back home. And she was sure that she had never met this girl before.

"Um, could you-" Helena was cut off by the girl's babbling about barracks. Wait... was she at Ylisse during the massacre? Before she could ask the girl she now knew as Ambra, the red-head turned to the cavalier and announced that Zaino was also a Shepherd. This was no surprise to Helena but she still felt lucky to have found two Shep-

[i][b]“H-hey, we’re Shepherds too![/b][/i]

Helena spun around, her eyes wide in shock. They were Shepherds as well?! The gods must have been smiling upon her today! She wanted to express her joy in finding some Shepherds so soon when a thump behind her caught her attention. She turned back to see Zaino now lying on the ground. Relief was washed away but an overwhelming sense of duty. Instead of running to his side like Ambra had, Helena turned to the remaining three men. "Where is the nearest camp or town? We need to get him under some decent shade and a proper healer." The blond faced Ambra and Zaino again and saw Ambra already providing some kind of first aid with her herbs. "Ambra, finish whatever needs to be done now. We have to saddle him up." She then looked to Phillip. "Can your horse carry another body? It would be better for him to ride than us carry him. From the looks of it, we're all about dehydrated."