I rushed up to the little bundle collapsed near the fire and had a look - after a brief inspection, I was relieved and waved to the others:
"There's nothing wrong with him, his backside and head are very hard, not even a lump showing, he's just looking for attention.."
I grabbed the little sturdy body, mumbled in his ear:
"Ok, I'll carry you a while - you male b-a-b-y, but I'm going to drop you into the next brook with piercy stones if you don't wake up fast."
I flung him over my shoulder and shouted to the leading group:
"Come on, we should get moving, why don't we just carry that damn chest Polgara has found with us and follow Lynn's traces? Gheez, if we keep up our slow pace and discussing, Lynn will probably be digested history in some orc's belly."
