"Indeed," Janius said. "I said it once, I'll say it again, my love. You saved our lives. All of us."

Sabine went back to making her potion as the initial excitement had a few moments to calm down. Janius spoke up after a pause. "So, is it just an easy road to recovery from here? I understand you need to rest, but what needs to happen? Any more treatment?" Janius flicked his eyes to Sabine and back to Meesei. "Sabine was brief about things."

Part way into Meesei's response, Fendros and Ahnasha stepped into the tent. Fendros' reaction was just as stunned as Janius at first, though he wasn't the type to immediately go to jokes about it. "Meesei, you're looking better than I could have imagined," he said with his jaw looking like it was about to drop off his face. "You looked like you were on your last legs. This is nothing short of amazing!"

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Uthri let Peiter weep as much as he needed to, putting an arm around his shoulder and holding him close. After a while, she sensed Tzirret's discomfort and spoke up to him. "Tzirret sweet, how about you start gathering our things? We'll be moving soon." She took another quick breath and raised a hand, "Oh, and look for Gallus. Tell him Peiter is awake."

Tzirret gave a firm nod at each request and wasted no time in making his way out of the tent. He was glad for something to do where he didn't feel out of his depth.

With Tzirret moving, Uthri turned her head to Peiter and began speaking softly. "Now, I know that this is a hard time for you, Peiter, but it is important that you know what is going on right now. The warband is moving our camp so we may be hard to counter-attack. The decision has not been officially made yet, but everyone is saying that we will most likely be heading back to the Orcrest clanhome now..."