I smiled at Viper, and although I was sure I was still a little 'green' around the edges, I nodded to let him know I was okay. I leaned over the guy whose axe had caused my sword to shatter and muttered, "Okay, I'll just take this with me. I don't think you'll be needing it, now will you?"
I walked around to where BG was being 'tumbled dry' by Kiya and peeked into the room that he had just unlocked. I saw Lynn standing against the wall shivering and saying "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you BG. I didn't know. Honest!"
I went over to her to reassure her that everything was alright, but she started backing away from me and saying, "No, don't touch me ... you're .. you're all bloody!" I looked down and realized I was absolutely covered in blood and my clothes were starting to stiffen.
"Sorry," I muttered to Lynn.
Turning around I looked at Kiya and BG again. "Kiya, do you think you can try that cleaning spell on me?" My bravery in battle wasn't anything compared to the bravery I was displaying now. Trusting Kiya's fledgling mage skills was like skating on thin ice, you never knew when you were going to get wet.
I closed my eyes and tensed in anticipation of being tumbled dry just like BG.
