Sabine waited patiently for the healer to inspect her brews. The stamina potion was passed quickly, as it was the same one as last time and had been unaltered. Though, the second potion took a while longer. Sabine was worried that perhaps the fortification effects might inadvertently counteract the poison, but in the end it was simply because of the complexity of the potion she had made. The healer wasn't expecting something like this and ended up having to ask Sabine through Tunxeek what ingredients and methods she used. Sabine answered and the healer eventually handed it back with an impressed look. It was accepted.

Knowing that the fight would not start until Thorantilth arrived at the very least, Sabine decided to seat herself down next to Meesei. Having nothing better to do, Tunxeek sat near her and invited Okun-Jei to do the same. Sabine glanced up at Okun and leaned towards Tunxeek to speak, "How old is Okun-Jei?"

Tunxeek blinked a couple of times. "I think he is the same as me, so... fourteen years? I don't know exactly." He looked up at Okun, [i]"Hey Okun-Jei, how old are you?"[/i]

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Janius blinked one eye as he received Kaleeth's kiss. Her words made his heart heavy with worry, but as long as she knew the consequences of becoming a werewolf as he had explained, she would not likely go down that path, even if she desired it. At least in what he intended to do, Kaleeth could at least experience some of it. It wasn't much, but it was a glimpse, as he had said.

Before Kaleeth quite got the opportunity to latch onto Janius' back properly, he leaned onto all fours and suddenly broke into a run. The moist air whistled past them as they sped across the mud and dirt at a blistering speed. The only particular direction he went was away from the village, but he made sure to maintain his sense of direction. He negotiated various obstacles as he ran through the marsh with Kaleeth holding on. He brushed through tree branches, clambered and jumped over rocks and logs, all as fast as he could. A small pool of water ahead was leaped over by Janius in a single bound. The next one was too large, forcing him to dive straight in with such speed that by the time he surfaced he was at the other side and splashed up the bank to keep running. He was now completely drenched, but refreshed at the same time. It did not break his focus. His entire world only perceived the sights in front of him, the smells rushing by, and the sound of his fast but consistent breathing. Whether Kaleeth protested or not was not something he was paying heed to. Of course he made sure not to maneuver in such a way that Kaleeth would fall off, but he didn't make it easy for her to hang on either.

Janius spotted a short dead tree ahead and took the opportunity in his run to slow down a little, redirect his momentum, and climb up to a bough to look at his surroundings from a vantage point. There were various smells in the air, but the predominant one was imminent humidity. It smelled overwhelmingly like it was about to rain. He angled his head to try and check on Kaleeth, but he couldn't see her face clearly.