Meesei had sampled each of the items Vera brought, and as minutes passed, her body gave absolutely no reaction, nothing that would indicate a poison was present. Vera had not attacked while she was present, and she had not poisoned the food, so Meesei though that she might be innocent...for a time. After a few hours, Jerrick suddenly and rapidly deteriorated in condition. Meesei was certain that no one else had entered the room, so she could not begin to imagine what was happening. However, she did not hesitate in her response. 

The moment she saw what was happening, Meesei leaped down, using telekinesis to soften her fall. Placing a hand on Jerrick, she began inundating him with restoration energy aimed at inhibiting the poison. Slowly, she guided him down to a stable position on his back to prevent him from suddenly collapsing. At the same time, she reached into her bag and pulled out the welkynd stone. She placed a hand on the stone and started to drain its considerable reserve of magical energy into herself. From this, Meesei was able to produce a healing spell more impressive than any she had cast in her life. Both of them started to glow with a light, amber aura, while tendrils of restoration energy filled the air around them. Even so, Meesei did not know if she could save him. Whatever was killing him had progressed to what was presumably its lethal stage, and she did not know how to counteract it. Whether or not she could save him entirely, she might at least be able to keep him alive a bit longer. "I...don't understand. None of the food was poisoned, and you didn't eat it anyway. Tell me, if you can, has anything else happened to you today? Vera barely touched you, just a..." Meesei's words slowed and her eyes widened with a potential realization. "...kiss. Jerrick, did Vera have anything on her lips?" 

By this point, Ahnasha had jumped down as well, and was currently frozen in place, wondering what she could do. She had no healing talents, so for the moment, she just waited for direction from Meesei.


"Huh, no." Lorag said, quickly dismissing the idea that he was mated with Meesei. He was now awake enough and collected enough to understand what was going on. "Just...look. I'm not lookin' for some...relationship or something like the rest of my pack. If you're wantin' some kind of mate to 'settle down' with, you can forget it." Lorag said sternly, before suddenly shifting his entire attitude and putting on a grin. He reached out, grabbed a loose part of her clothing, and yanked her in closer to him. "But if you just want to prove you can handle me, I'll take you somewhere private right now and prove you can't."