"You gained your injury defending me from the monster," she pointed out. "It was only right that I help you recover."
She had a point. "Let"s just say that I am impressed," he said. You sure are!
"And I do thank you," he continued doggedly.
Nona nodded, just as if nothing else were going on. "You are welcome."
He glanced down at himself. The blood was caking on his tunic, and it remained torn where the rat had bitten him. In fact the blood had soaked through to his new undershorts. What a mess!
"Change it," she suggested. In her hand appeared a new tunic, generated from a thread of the old. Then, after a pause, a new pair of shorts too. Colene had taught her well.
He did not hesitate. He pulled off his soiled items and used their clean portions to wipe off the blood that remained on
