“I think he'll be alright, just banged up a bit,” said Yezia. “Which is good, because we can’t stay long.” The woman leaned away from Bren after a cursory inspection of his faculties, and then she proceeded to rise from the grass and get to her feet. She turned to face the others standing around them while he remained sitting, shivering under the dry cloak she had draped over his shoulders a moment ago. “The soldiers down there are out of commission for obvious reasons” - she jerked her head in the direction of the engorged river now coursing through the basin below them - “but the rest of the regiment will be riding in from wherever they are to find out what happened. I doubt they’ll make another hostile move before they have a chance to find out what they’re up against, though, so at l

