Adrift Without a Life Vest

Now that the stranger was safe she seemed to have stopped fighting. The occasional slow rise of her eyelids told him she was keeping conscious, if only barely. He worked on keeping her warm, and Solar returned to him. Landing on the Beach beside them both as Gwyn followed in his wake. Mercury looked up in relief at the familiar face of the Hallows healer. When she offered him a coat, he took it wordlessly. His own teeth had begun to chatter, and he wrapped it tightly. Huddling in its warmth as he pulled back, giving Gwyn room to work.

Gwyn however wasn't done with him yet, and she handed him the coat she had been using to warm the wolf in much the way he had been trying to with his paws. He took over, working it over her body in the manner of a wolf familiar with hypothermia and water. He avoided each limb until they passed Gwyns test, and only lightly blotted the one she indicated was fractured or torn. "Can you tell us your name?" He asked the stranger as he worked. To Gwyn, in a quieter voice he asked. "Should we move her to the castle? What's the procedure here with Artorias."