Recovering|Haven, Ilyamen

[tuo]

Lukas blinked in confusion. "Wait..what are you talking about? I'm not sure I met her before." He asked softly. "Does she work near the guild?" He moves his hand from his shoulder as the ache eases a little bit.

[Kender Bard]

"I've gotten horses from her for jobs before, is all," Sashi explained. She looked at him in concern. "Does it hurt badly?"

"Guild?" Callum asked as he sat down and began cracking joints.

"We're mercenaries."

"Pfft you've probably put up with worse than that then."

[tuo]

Lukas shook his head. "No, it just aches a little is all...and usually it's easier to ignore pain with adrenaline sir." He responds with a somewhat defensive tone towards Callum. "So any idea when Tilla will show up?"

[Kender Bard]

"No," Callum remarked. "And now I'm going to ignore you unless you start dying again. I have work to do." He got back up and went into another room.

"Not much to do to pass the time," Sashi sighed as she reached over and started to stroke Lukas's head gently. She'd managed to roll onto her side with much wincing. "Lukas... What are we going to do? I don't know, but I don't think that's the last time we're going to be attacked like that if we stay out where people can see us... And next time, we won't be so lucky."

[tuo]

Lukas sighed and took hold of Sashi's hand. "You're right...perhaps we should consider going into some kind of...early retirement or something?" He asked and began to stroke her hair gently with a smile.

[Kender Bard]

Sashi chewed her lip as she considered. Just a few months ago, she would have said no without hesitation.

But this had come close. Too close for her. She thought she had embraced the possibility of death a long time ago, made peace with it. But she'd never really made peace with the idea of Lukas dying or with leaving him behind if she died.

She'd made her mark on the world in a way most people never could. Maybe her name wouldn't be remembered, but so long as the guild of mercenaries stood, it was something of a testament to her dream. And did she really want a life of administrative work?

I'm rationalizing, she realized. That means I've made up my mind.

Not to mention they still had the money from their last job. A chunk of that would go to the guild coffers but combined with some of their other past, large-paying jobs, she and Lukas were very, very well off.

She would miss the life, though. The mercenary life... but not at the price she was facing. This wasn't the danger of dying with a sword in her hand in the heat of battle or the rush of the job. This was her constantly trembling in fear in the dark, looking for that arrow that might come out and kill her or her lover. A coward's death.

She reached for his hand and gripped it tightly, her face a little unhappy. "I think you're right, if you think you can live with that idea."

[tuo]

Lukas squeezed her hand and shrugged slightly. "Well..I think I can live with it. I do sort of spend more guild time doing paper work anyways..." He said with a smile. "I..I can probably live with it yeah."

[Kender Bard]

Sashi let out her breath. It sounded like he felt the same way she did. Willing, if not entirely wanting.

"Then I agree," she murmured. She let go of his hand so he could stroke her hair again. Her eyes partly closed; she was still exhausted, weak. "I... I think we should move to Sensatia." She could not think of a safer place in Naruta. "We'd be with both of our people there, and near your parents." She just hoped he wouldn't feel smothered there. Wasn't that why she left in the first place? But that had been six years ago...

[tuo]

"Yeah..Sensatia should be safe...and it would be good to be near family in retirement I suppose.." Lukas said, though in his tone was a certain uneasiness. "Heh..I just hope the issues that caused me to leave have blown over completely by now.."

[Kender Bard]

"Lukas..." Sashi looked at him sadly. "It doesn't have to be permanent. Let's just call this a very long vacation. After all, how long can they nurse a grudge and keep an eye out for us? In a few years, this should all be a fading memory and maybe we can go back to how it used to be."

[tuo]

Lukas gave a small smile and nodded. "Yeah, maybe. We just have to keep in contact with the guild is all I guess." He said. "Was there anything in particular you wanted me to do for you at the moment though?"

[Kender Bard]

"No," Sashi murmured, eyes closing. "I think... I'll just rest again. Stay close to me though?" She was shaken... and didn't like the idea of being alone right now, especially not in a stranger's house, even if he had saved their lives. He didn't seem the type who would defend them if it came down to his own life being threatened.

[tuo]

Lukas nodded and stroked her hair. "Of course. I'll make sure nothing happens." He smiled and kissed her gently. "Get well soon okay?"