The pit | I fell in the pit

Remi's assistance was more than appreciated, and Vai smiled to him gratefully as she clambered to her feet. She gave his shoulders a gentle squeeze, feeling tired already and she'd only been out there for a fraction of the time Remi had been stuck in the pit. Not to mention the psychological torture he'd been trapped in, to boot. "Hm? About... oh, that looks nasty..." Vai frowned in concentration, carefully cupping his cheeks in her hands and cleaning away as much of the dirt and the blood as she could without hurting him further. "You got it, Remi," she murmured. She had no idea how her new magic worked, still, but she was getting a little more accustomed to tapping into that foreign vein of power, and soon enough a warmth suffused her hands and the bruising around his nose began to soothe away. Smiling once she was satisfied that his nose wasn't broken any longer (and that it hadn't healed crooked), she released him only to usher him away from the pit. "Come on," she said. "I still haven't set up my permanent home yet in the woods, so we can go back to the Domiciles. I suddenly feel like eating a good deal of vegetables." She nudged him playfully. vervain where the wild things are