I look up startled from Kiya's mirror when Viper shouts "Nero!" and see Viper drag our friend toward the group. Both my eyebrows go up as I consider that I'm about to give my divine healing spells their first trial. I go over to where Viper has dropped Nero and, first things first, check to see if he is injured. It wouldn't do, after all, to be wasting precious spells when they are not needed. Especially since I don't have that many at first.
I gently pull open one eyelid to take a looksee and my mind is suddenly filled with thoughts, images, and a single personality struggling against them like a child about to drown. 'NERO!' I think as forcefully as I can, hoping our half demon is hardy enough to take some mental shouting, 'close your mind! and for gods sake get out of mine!'
Fortunatly the thoughts receed from my head almost immediately, though Nero is still just lying there. Ah crud. Beginners! "Nero," I whisper, "try to focus on only your own thoughts, think of a barrier between you and the other thought not self. You can't just leave the gates to your mind wide open like that."
Now that I have a whopping headache and Nero seems to be getting himself together I look around in my pack and praise the gods I've got some white willow bark. I pull some out and break off a bit, "I'll just chew on a little of this and so will you Nero." It's a natural pain killer.
