Anju
Anju is not normally the kind to reach for comfort, and the pain itself is negligible to the feeling of life itself having been drained from her body, but maybe it's that state of delusion and dehydration that has her reaching for Liam as he kneels beside her. Her fingers weakly hook wherever they can, grateful beyond words that Riya had not only found someone but that it had been him. Someone she can trust without question.
Her nod is more of a sag of her head, but it doesn't matter once she's in his arms. Anju has always been a tall and muscled woman, but she feels like a broken doll in his arms. Whatever magic had imbued that strange creature, it has left her feeling like she is moments from Mort's arms, with hardly any wounds to show for it. Riya flies anxiously around them, sometimes scouting ahead and sometimes circling behind them, keeping an eye for any threats and puffing smoke intermittently.
"There's...something out here..." she manages to get out around her tongue which feels thick and immobile in her mouth. "Magical. In the river." They're not far from the bank, she can still hear it. It mocks her, telling her how little distance she'd managed to get between herself and whatever had attacked her. "Dangerous." But it's all she can get out before her head lolls to the side, pressing into his arm as the fight for consciousness is lost.
Her nod is more of a sag of her head, but it doesn't matter once she's in his arms. Anju has always been a tall and muscled woman, but she feels like a broken doll in his arms. Whatever magic had imbued that strange creature, it has left her feeling like she is moments from Mort's arms, with hardly any wounds to show for it. Riya flies anxiously around them, sometimes scouting ahead and sometimes circling behind them, keeping an eye for any threats and puffing smoke intermittently.
"There's...something out here..." she manages to get out around her tongue which feels thick and immobile in her mouth. "Magical. In the river." They're not far from the bank, she can still hear it. It mocks her, telling her how little distance she'd managed to get between herself and whatever had attacked her. "Dangerous." But it's all she can get out before her head lolls to the side, pressing into his arm as the fight for consciousness is lost.
this sun inside of me could set kingdoms ablaze
