Kobold (being edited)

Chapter 2: All-watcher

I heard his cane before I saw him, making me more anxious every tap I hear. The All-Watcher Zusmos, short in stature had a solid oak cane with a crooked hand, he's blind in his right, a foggy silver film over his iris. He's older than the rest of us and is very wise, he's the one who helps us with problems that we can't solve. He cares for us, but I end up under his skin half the time. I adverted my eyes, but he still saw the red nub of a use to be horn. "Nille" he spoke in a deep and quiet voice, it made me shiver, I looked up to meet his gaze. "What happened to your horn Nille." I felt my stub with the bloody bandages "I was caught by a human, I was looking for materials to make traps outside the..."
           I was cut off "no Nille, you wouldn't have gotten close if you didn't know that the human had some shiny." He frowned. " you do know we need to hide in secret to keep our home safe, not go out stealing from the main roads." I nodded and looked to my feet. "Please do stay away from them, if any of them found this village, it would be over for us in a day" his voice crinkled my mind "yes All-Watcher" he looked back up at the horn "go to Ovi and get that fixed up" Zusmos walked away with his Cane in hand, each step making me wince.
Tugs put an arm around me and we headed to the sorcerer/village doctor- ovi - who is rummaging around in a thatch hut. Back and forth organizing plants and unknown liquids into different nooks in the hut Ovi dosnt notice us, Tugs raps a claw on the doorway. Ovi's head swivels to the two kobolds, her hands still putting items on her shelf. "I see you went and got yourself hurt, you bring back the nib?" I shake my head and sigh. Ovi pulls a book from a makeshift lectern made of twigs and rocks.
Ovi sits looking through the book and up at Nille "sorry, I don't got nothing that can magic it back." "oh come on snobs, nothing?" Ovi glares at tugs "fraud not, fixing a broken bone, easy, growing a horn from a stump, that's outa my range" ovi rummages around in a box and pulls out an assortment of different herbs. As she peaks at the horn and grimaces "that does look bad hun, let me help you out" she puts a couple leaves in a pestle and adds a splash of water, then proceeds to crush them, grinding them into a paste. "Pull the bandages off and wash it off in the water" she points at a tall basin sitting in the corner of the room.
          As I pulled my head out of the water ovi dries the  horn and applies the paste generously. Then she applies clean bandages and cleans her hands. "Alright, all you have to do is crush these leaves with water." Handing me a pile of leaves in a small pouch. "Thanks ov" Tugs said with a defeated sounding sigh. "Try not to get yourself injured next time." I look down at the leaves, how do these make any type of medicine, then wave goodbye to Ovi and walk out with tugs.
           Me and tugs move through the sizable village, passing the food storage and nurseries, we end up in a small hidden nook that tugs found a while ago. I start looking in my bag, I pull out a golden goblet that had 4 gemstones imbedded into it, Tugs looked at it with large eyes, when he sees something he likes I swear his pupils are reflecting the moon. "So that's what you got" "yep and I couple other shiny things" I peek in, it looks like a mini treasure trove. Tugs looks in and grins, ear to ear "that's beautiful" I look at tugs, he's in utter awe, I like Tugs. I've known him longer than everyone else in the village, If it came to it, I would die for him.