Domestic|Haven | Ilyamen

[Kender Bard]

Kiri considered that; it was certainly a good idea, though she didn't feel good about volunteering her brother like that. But they did need the money.

"Actually, my brother is a Water," Kiri told Callum. "He would be able to replenish the healing water we used."

Callum gave a small shrug. "Then when you turn up with a bottle, I'll buy it back from you."

That wasn't ideal but it was better than nothing. Kiri gave a small nod and got shakily to her feet, hissing slightly and shifting off her sore leg.

"Try not to walk too much," Callum added. "Stay off your feet, if you can. Otherwise we'll have to do this again."

Kiri shuddered at that and moved closer to Neil. "Can you teleport us back to the inn?"

[Skittlebug]

Neil puts his arm around her again and nods his thanks to Callum before lifting Kiri slightly off the ground and teleporting before she can protest. This way, when they reappear in his room, her weight doesn't come down on her leg.

[Kender Bard]

Kiri's breath caught as he lifted her up again. She found that so strange! She closed her eyes and her arms encircled him this time; the day had been an emotionally trying one, and regardless of his reasons, it felt nice to be held. Comforting.

"How does your arm feel?" she asked him anxiously. "Did the healing water help the pain?"

[Skittlebug]

"I'll be all right, it didn't go too deep." When he sets her down looks her over again, as if to make sure she won't topple over when he moves away. Looking away, he clears his throat. "I'm sorry, this shouldn't have happened."

[Kender Bard]

Kiri frowned slightly in confusion. "Why are you apologizing? It's not your fault someone attacked me. You saved my life." She tensed as she realized something. "I didn't even ask you to."

[Skittlebug]

Neil frowns back at her, he didn't have to apologise, she could at least accept it. They he realises what she's saying and crosses his arms, turning away again. "Regardless of how I feel about this" he waves between the two of them, "I don't want you getting hurt."

[Kender Bard]

"Thank you," she said quietly. She stood a few moments longer, awkward in silence and aching from her wound, tired from the day. "We still need to talk," she finally said. "But, not tonight I think. I need to sleep and so do you. Goodnight Neil. I'll speak with you in the morning, okay?"

[Skittlebug]

"Right, goodnight." Neil waits for her to leave then flops down on to the bed and groans when he lands on his still slightly burnt arm. It takes him a few minutes to get his ruined shirt off over it, then toss it across the room and try to get some sleep.

[Kender Bard]

Early the next morning, Kiri slipped out of bed, wincing. She'd slept poorly despite her exhaustion; her leg made sleeping difficult and her mind wouldn't stop to rest. Rather than continue in vain to sleep, as soon as she saw the first orange glow of sunrise through her window curtains, she decided to see how Neil was doing. Tiptoeing to his room, she opened it a crack and called out, "Neil?"

[Skittlebug]

An incoherent groan comes from the room, followed by some rustling before he calls out. "Yeah."

[Kender Bard]

Kiri let herself in, closing the door softly behind herself and moving to sit on the edge of his bed, sighing in relief when she sits. "How are you feeling today?" She was garbed in a light dress, unlike most of her clothes, having not had the energy to put on one of her wraps.

[Skittlebug]

Seeing that she's letting herself in, Neil doesn't bother getting up. He's still not wearing a shirt, but the blanket is mostly covering him. "Kinda stiff." He stretches out his arm as he says that, it didn't help that he'd been sleeping on it.

[Kender Bard]

Kiri blushed a bit at his... fairly undressed state, but he wasn't nude so she didn't leave. She leaned over and looked at his arm, noting that the skin was still pink and red looking from being so new. She gave it a gentle pat. "I can't sleep," she confessed. "And I don't know where Altair is." That worried her, too. "I hope he's okay. I don't think he came home last night at all."

[Skittlebug]

Neil sits up, rubbing his eyes and pushing his hair out of his face. He didn't care about being shirtless, though with the blanket out of the way Kiri could see a handful of nasty scars. "Let me guess, you want me to find him?"

[Kender Bard]

Kiri stared at the scars. She'd some men with them back home before, mostly around the hands and arms and such from the hazards of the workplace. "I was mostly just hoping you could tell me that he's doing well. If you'd please just reach out and ask him, in my name of course, if he's okay, that would be enough for me."