Sabine sat back on her heels. "I think we should practice your basic restoration. The sooner you are able to seal up little cuts, the sooner I will be able to teach you how to treat sunburn." Sabine fished out a dagger from her bag. "Remind me...where did we leave off since last time? Have you been practising?"

Still with his hand on Ma'tanza's arm, Tzirret looked around uncomfortably. On one hand, he did not want S'nishi to be put in more danger because Ma'tanza was absent, but more powerfully, Tzirret didn't want Ma'tanza to be hurt either. She may be a competent or even a powerful mage, but she was no soldier.

[i]"Well, S'nishi is...she is experienced as well as strong. Battle is..."[/i] Tzirret stopped, he did not want to beat around the bush. [i]"This one thinks that it is not best for Ma'tanza to be around the fighting. She would see horrible things whether she was on the front lines or healing the wounded, but..."[/i] Tzirret sighed with frustration at himself and ran his fingers over his head, [i]"Tzirret is sorry...it is just...every time he thinks of you going to a battle, he thinks of the people who were shot by the enemy hunters at Bruma. They went for the mages first, even the powerful ones had trouble. It..."[/i] Tzirret moved his hand from Ma'tanza's arm to her hand and squeezed it, [i]"Tzirret may not be bravest, but he still does not want to see Ma'tanza get hurt."[/i]