Sid grinned. "Eat anywhere." She said, casting a single glance toward the little pathway that led outside, to where Ruli had gone. Her smile had vanished when she looked back. "You could both care for yourselves a little better." She pointed out, before she followed him outside, grabbing the kettle as she went. 

Ruli was expecting her. She'd trained for years in Ziad to become a physician, and while her training had ended long before she had completed it and earned a title, she knew what she was doing, and could never resist anyone being in discomfort. He knew her hug in the kitchen had been both to feel him in her arms, and to listen to him breath. 

The feeling in his stomach took a while to subside, and even when the painful twisting ceased, he had no appetite. But he forced the meal down as best he could, managing only half the plate before he gave up. He knew Sid was waiting for him, too, and when he turned, he found her holding a kettle of steaming water, clean clothes tucked under her arms. He knew saying no was futile, so he raised his arm in question and she led him into the woods. 

Shirtless, he unwillingly swallowed more of his breakfast while she poured the hot water over a rag and washed the dried skin away. After the chill of the night and the cold of Cordon, he found the biting heat of the water pleasant. Soothing. He wound up closing his eyes as he leaned back against the stone, dozing as she looked over the sewn up gashes on his body, as well as the many bitemarks, muttering quietly to herself whatever her medical opinion might be. 
When he'd eaten enough for her to be satisfied, she pointed to his trousers, which were stiff with the black blood from the caverns. As she rose and stood watch, he removed them and washed himself before donning the fresh linen. He promised her three times that he had no injuries beneath before she accepted it. 

He rinsed his hair, rubbing in something Sid handed him that smelled pleasant and eased tension in his shoulders. He washed it away, and cleaned his face before he pulled on a clean shirt and she finally allowed him back into the caves. Whatever she'd learned about him while he'd dozed prompted her to halt him long enough to hand him a bit of tea that, by smell, he knew came from Ysaryn's stores. He glanced to her in question, and she reminded him that he had smelled worse minutes before, and he took it and drank.

"Sleep." Sid ordered, and after the hot water, the meal, and the tea, he offered no argument as he shuffled into the sleeping quarter to claim an empty mat and sleep.

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Envy and Rab sat in the main chamber, positioning themselves where the air from outside was carried within on the breeze. Envy enjoyed the scent of the pine in the mountains, and he decided that the half-elf would enjoy the fresh air. Ruli's retelling of the events in Cordon, at least, made Envy realize Rab had few opportunities to enjoy daylight. For an hour, they were sitting together with their backs to the stone, working between them a way to communicate. 
Envy had immediately offered his own idea, where he would use the Touch whenever able, to reach out and listen to Rab speak directly through the magic. 
But Rab had declined the idea so decisively that Envy hadn't pressed. Whatever had happened in Cordon, no doubt with Ruli, had frightened the idea away. 

So he moved on to his second idea. 

Gavin loitered while Kire kept busy with her breakfast, watching as Envy would hold out his hands and position his fingers, speaking the letter, word, or phrase that belonged to each sign. To ensure that Rab was understanding, Envy settled his hand over the half-elf's, feeling the position of his fingers. Rab was a quick learner, Envy learned, but found it hard to focus. Everytime someone moved, spoke, coughed, Envy sould sense his attention snap away. paranoia, curisoity, Envy didn't know. But he waited patiently for Rab to look his way again. 
When his attention suffered in quicker increments, Envy smiled, and told him to go explore some more, and Rab unfolded himself and moved away swiftly. Envy's eyes shifted silently toward Gavin. "So, tell me, Gavin." Envy said warmly. "A little about yourself, if you do not mind. So that I may be able to find a task that would feel not so much of a chore."