its a kodiak moment

Zola wasn’t about to fight him on taking her share of a meal, and quickly agreed as she went on to explain herself. That bear would have killed him, and she wasn’t about to carry the guilt of his death when she could prevent it. Eliphas wouldn’t have called the battle easy by any means and her wounds were proof of that. He could argue the morals for days, how selfish or unselfish she had been, but in the end what mattered the act was done. He still had his life and it was thanks to her. Ivory tail flashed behind him as she explained there had been no choice. ”At least I am able to help fix you up.” Eliphas returned to her as he covered her wounds in the simple salve he prepared.

”That’s too much work. You’ve lost a lot of blood and need to rest.” He was oddly commanding for the size of him, but he’d taken on the warrior woman as his patient and he wasn’t about to let her continue the strain on her body. Now he was the one protecting her from harm. ”Tell me what to do and it will be done. You needn’t move except to find somewhere comfortable to recline.” He stood back as he finished what he could do with his plants, he wasn’t incredibly experienced but he had to say it looked much better.

Merlin had already taken back to the sky, and was circling over a place at the base of the smaller dormant volcano. ”Merlin’s found a spring. I don’t know if I want you walking that far though. Can’t have you opening up your wounds again.” Either he was going to have to fetch water.. or get rid of the blood the old fashioned way.