Ash was shaking as her blood ran down I to the dirt. She nodded and let the girl go and said “your safe now...you need to get to the village...your family is waiting...” the little girl nodded then moved and kissed ash on the cheek and moved away to wait for them. She wasn’t dumb enough to go to go thru the woods alone again. 

Ash gasped and closed her eyes, her back and arms killing her from the slashing. She cursed and looked at Carth and said “grt the girl back to her family...I'll just slow you down and there could be more of those things...”