"Stone" Arië repeated when she saw it. Ugly stupid creature! she said sitting on down by log catching her breath. Ainemention was standing by another nearby tree. "Nice job" she muttered to him as she counted her friends.
Ihwesta was tending to Ceros. "He looks bad." she said to her elf friend, she was a little afraid to go near him for fear of making his pain worse. She watched Ihwesta and Ceros for a while, they just looked, well, right for some reason.
"Do you think you should get Taurëwen to look at your back, it looks like it is a bit sore." said Ainemention lightheartedly. "In a while, she has bigger things on her hands than me." she said as Ainemention offered her a hand to get up. "Well, ill just put something on it to stop the bleeding then until you do see her, will that Suit?."
"Fine then" Arië answered then turned to Ainemention. "Now that i have seen this horror, i dont blame the others for not wanting to come, only its that... i wish they did." she said weakly.
"What will the king say when he finds out." Ainemention said. "I imagine he will call for help form the other elves in distant realms, perhaps even men, none can be sure." Arië looked again across camp. Gilbereth was sitting quietly. Now would be a time to apologise. she said to herself and made her way over. "Gilbereth" she said. "I just want you to know that i am sorry for my bridge, im sorry that you fell in the water. If you had died it would have been all my fault." but her attention was diverted.
“We can’t stay here!” Came the voice of Taurëwen, from the front of the cave.
“I know,” Ceros nodded getting up, with a little help from Ihwesta. “We must leave quickly, who knows what other may attack.”
“Are you able to continue?” questioned Arië.
“Yes, I will be fine for now. Let us take our leave.” Arië moved to the front of the company keeping a keen eye out for any danger.
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~My lord, Éomer~
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