Before Brodie could complain further, Mallory asked the question she’d wanted to ask earlier, when he’d been complaining about the hotplate. “What is health oil? Is it like a massage oil or something?”
Danae laughed softly. “No. It’s for a lantern. You burn it and sit nearby and your health returns. Depending on the quality, it can be as many as a point each minute.”
“How close do you need to be for it to work?” Ryan asked.
“Within a few metres,” Danae said.
Mallory glanced at the pannier where the flask of oil had been stored. “We could light it now.”
“I could do with regenerating some health points.” Emica looked at Jorgen who was slumped against Brodie. “We both could.”
They stopped long enough to take out a lantern and the flask of oil. Mallory opened the lantern. “What about th
