"Yes, Meesei," Gallus said, glancing to Lorag and getting to work tying up the bandit leader under Fendros' watch. It was without any pomp or ceremony that Gallus pulled out the dagger sticking out of her leg afterwards. "You should pick your marks more closely, thief," Gallus said to her as they lead her to a tree they could secure her to, "Five against thirteen and a juvenile wamasu? One could be driven to assume that you were planning to get killed..."

Janius jogged after Kaleeth a short distance to the water. He stopped and put his hands over his head with anxiety when Kaleeth dove under. Kaleeth returning with Newt caused a weight to be lifted from his shoulders. He embraced them both tightly, "Thank the eight. It was fortunate that you were both under the water." He walked back to the others with Kaleeth and Newt, "It looks like it was only Leaps that was hurt. I hope he's alright."

Leaps was not alright, but he was getting the care he needed. Without too many words, Sabine was eventually relegated to weaving spells to suppress Leaps' pain. Irenya needed the space to treat the wound and remove the arrow. It was just as well; Sabine's hands were shaking too much to give precise treatment.

Sabine's magicka ran short by the time Peiter spoke up. The way he reminded her of Leaps' sacrifice, as well as the assumption that Leaps would be okay, brought Sabine's emotions to a tipping point. Her eyes welled up and she let out what sounded like a cough. She leaned down and put her arms around Leaps' neck. With shuddering sobs that let forth the built up tension and worry, Sabine cried into the wamasu's neck. "I thought I was going to die..." Sabine said between strained breaths, her voice muffled by speaking into Leaps.

At this point, the bandit leader had been taken care of and Ahnasha had found Rhazii, so Fendros padded around briefly to sniff at the air for more assailants. After finding no traces, he approached Ahnasha and Rhazii and transformed back into Dunmer form.

Rhazii was crying from the terrifying experience still, but he was beginning to settle in Ahnasha's arms. He said some words, but they seemed to melt into one another as he spoke while crying. "Dada shouted and I stayed, but I looked and there was fire and I got scared and people were getting hurt..."

Fendros put his arms around them both and rubbed his thumb over Rhazii's head. "There, there, little one. It's over now. The only fire is the camp fire now." Fendros wished that Rhazii hadn't peeked around the rock in the first place, but it was unfortunate that he was spooked further by Sabine's fire. It may have saved her life, but Rhazii's phobia had been with him almost all of his life.

After tying the woman to a tree, searching her, and tying her ankles together, Gallus stood in front of her with a knife in his hand. He felt its edge by looking down and pinching the blade with his other hand. "Your friend didn't end up killing Sabine, so I'm feeling magnanimous," Gallus' voice was back to its usual egotistical confidence, "All you have to do to live is answer my questions, understand?"