Stranger in the Woods

Chapter 2

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"Maybe you didn't hear me the first time, where am I, where are my weapons, and who are you?" he said, in a deep, quiet voice that was about as soft as diamonds. "You're in the Marrellian Forest in my hut, your weapons are in the clearing with the dead bandits, and I'm Elethia," Elethia said, quietly and softly, not wanting to antagonize the man, considering he had a sword pressed to the back of her neck. She was at a bit of a disadvantage if she wanted to try something.

"Why did you bring me to your, hut?" he said hut as though it wasn't quite the right word, and Elethia could see why. Her father had originally constructed the hut when she was young, and she'd expanded and improved it over the years. Now it looked more like a house, but Elethia still called it a hut out of habit. "I brought you to my hut because you fell unconscious and were injured. I was going to clean your wounds and stitch the gash in your side, but if you'd rather I didn't, that can be arranged too," she answered, risking a bit of cheek at the end. The sword moved off her neck, but she decided not to move just in case.  "Why would you do that?" he asked. 

"Because it's the right thing to do?  If you saw someone being attacked by bandits, I doubt you would leave them to die and then not bandage up their injuries."  Elethia was only met with silence.  "Would you?  Leave them?" she asked tentatively.  "I..... I don't know, at one point I might have, but things have...changed, recently," he responded, his voice sounding as though his mind was far away from the forest, in another world.  Elethia decided he probably wasn't going to kill her, and risked turning around.  The first thing she noticed was how much blood was flowing out of the gash in his side.  The second was that his face seemed devoid of emotion even though his voice said otherwise.  The stranger's eyes were a bright, vivid green, and immediately reminded her of the forest.  He was standing about two feet away, the sword at his side.  Elethia noticed that he was about a head taller than her.

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He started swaying a little; Elethia rushed to his side and lowered him onto the bed. "Don't even think about getting up, you are staying right there until I get your side stitched up, understand?"  The tone she used was the sternest she could muster, and seemed to give him pause about arguing.  She held his gaze until he nodded in consent, then headed over to the medicine cabinet and gathered up the necessary supplies.  Turning back to the bed, her eyes were drawn to the sheets, which were quickly turning red, and the strained look on the strangers face as the pain from his injuries finally caught up to him.  She paused, chewed her lip and thought for a moment, then slowly turned to the back corner of her hut, and went over to the ornate cabinet that housed her potions.