Deimos and Melita to defend, Amalia and the unicorns to heal – and gods least fortunate did they need healers right then. Three friends were dumped in the snow, bleeding red and black and clear, and for a moment Jigano thought his heart would freeze as he lost another to the LongNight monsters.
No.
He had been in enough battles, seen enough carnage, that his body didn’t freeze even if his heart tried to. Blue eyes darted over the three - what was Rexanna doing here? Later, later, everything later - assessing swiftly, and finding himself in motion before conscious thought had quite caught up. Whether they would listen to him he couldn’t say, but the desire for everyone to rush to Rexanna’s side would cause more harm than good.
”Amalia , help Isla with Remi,” he called to the baker, sure she was already in motion as well but not knowing if her staff could heal Ascended. It could heal alchemists, though, and she’d hopefully be able to get a coherent story from the young man while she worked.
” Deimos, get Rex’s bleeding stopped. We’ll pull that bar out once Zuriel has dealt with the rest, but if we pull it too soon it could destabilize her.” It wasn’t like he could stop the General from going to her side, so they would work with it, and with Isla tending to Remi, Zuriel was the best choice to help the worst-injured of the trio. Could Deimos set broken bones and wrap bleeding wounds? … they’d find out, or the General would call for their help if he needed it.
” Melita , keep watch and keep the luxere calm.” The last thing they needed was another attack, but so long as the deer remained in their protective circle they had a chance. If the antlered ungulates broke and ran, though… well, worry about that if it happened.
He had other things to worry about at the moment, likeSamuel , his maimed hand and leaking ear less dramatic than Rexanna’s shattered state but no less horrifying. Jigano dropped to his knees in the snow beside his friend, tearing a length of darkened, already-bloodstained cloth from his tunic with the aid of his dagger before trying to wrap it around the stumps of the bookmaker’s hand and slow the leak of fluid until the Ascended’s body could begin to close the wounds. He didn’t say anything at first; ‘are you alright’ was idiotic in the circumstances, and ‘what the hell were you thinking’ was irrelevant until everyone was safely inside and the bleeding had stopped. ”Sam, can you stand?” he asked instead, focused on tying the rough bandage rather than looking at the Ascended man’s face.
No.
He had been in enough battles, seen enough carnage, that his body didn’t freeze even if his heart tried to. Blue eyes darted over the three - what was Rexanna doing here? Later, later, everything later - assessing swiftly, and finding himself in motion before conscious thought had quite caught up. Whether they would listen to him he couldn’t say, but the desire for everyone to rush to Rexanna’s side would cause more harm than good.
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” Deimos, get Rex’s bleeding stopped. We’ll pull that bar out once Zuriel has dealt with the rest, but if we pull it too soon it could destabilize her.” It wasn’t like he could stop the General from going to her side, so they would work with it, and with Isla tending to Remi, Zuriel was the best choice to help the worst-injured of the trio. Could Deimos set broken bones and wrap bleeding wounds? … they’d find out, or the General would call for their help if he needed it.
” Melita , keep watch and keep the luxere calm.” The last thing they needed was another attack, but so long as the deer remained in their protective circle they had a chance. If the antlered ungulates broke and ran, though… well, worry about that if it happened.
He had other things to worry about at the moment, like
