[Aylwen Dreamsong]

As Jesslyn was led inside by Ohtaredan and Herebrand, she swayed slightly and stumbled over her own feet. She did not really want help from the men, but she was grateful all the same. They led her to some sort of cot in a large open room, where others were being tended to. Jesslyn was barely aware of her wounds now, but her want for sleep had become unbearable as her eyes blinked blearily and slowly.

"What happened out there?" Asked one of the men, who Jesslyn thought was Ohtaredan. She was too tired to remember which was which. Besides, Jesslyn was too preoccupied with wondering where her brother Cartil was. Ohtaredan was behind Jesslyn, and he found that her hair was not wet but was matted with dried blood. Herebrand sat on a cot across from Jesslyn, eyeing her scarlet, bloody hands.

"I...erm, well. I was...let's see...I was in the forest! That's it, I was in the forest. There were children, and we were trying to...we were trying to get them safely with the rest of the elders and children. Ahh...none of them survived...thirty I think. The fighters all died, a few children got away. All dead. Hilt of a sword hit my head. I tried to help the dying but I could not heal to save my own life," Jesslyn held her bloody hands up, but then shuddered and put them back down. "I got sliced twice. That's it."

Herebrand chuckled, but his glance was weary and his face was tinged with slight worry for the outcome of his men. Ohtaredan was finding some sort of healer, and Jesslyn was rocking back and forth from her seat, falling asleep almost. She could barely feel her arm, her back, or the back of her head...but somehow Jesslyn began to feel a horrible tingling feeling in her forehead that turned into a splitting ache.

"Where's Cartil?" Jesslyn wondered aloud, speaking to Herebrand. "He's safe, no? I was just thinking that he must be safe, since he was with lady Laurel and lady Taralphiel. Oh well. He never gets into trouble. How are you?"

Jesslyn rubbed her sleepy eyes subconciously, getting blood and red stains around her eyes as she waited for an answer from whoever might have been listening.