Garrett looked about the wet, slightly flooded beach where the risen were
pulling themselves out from the sand and coming from the nearby trees to the
east. He was dazed, wondering how he had even managed to get
through.
He moved over to where Maranari was checking to see if
she was alive. After confirming that she was he sat with her in his arms cradled
in a way keeping her warm and hoping to avoid alerting the nearby Risen.
Maranari breathed slowly shivering in his arms while Garrett was plotting out
whether or not to stay where they were, or to head to the Asuran structure that
was under siege by the Risen. He opted for the building, it was safer than being
ambushed by a wandering group.
Picking Maranari up off his lap he
made a dash for the Asuran structure attempting to shield both himself and
Maranari from any attacks from the offense or defense. It was a struggle as he
was just as tired as ever, but once inside he sat back down safe further back
inside the building away from the fighting.
After a short while;
Maranari was coming too, Garrett had been speaking into something when she awoke
trying to describe where they were. Maranari shifted a bit which caught his
attention. She looked up at him clearly confused of the situation looking around
to where they were. Garrett asked her where they were but alas - her collar was
gone long before this event, she had no way of speaking to him. She paused
getting up - wobbly at first to a nearby table seeing if they had anything to
write with, and on.
She came back sitting on his lap again
realizing she missed the warmth when she got up. She had managed to find a
charcoal pencil and some parchment which she placed on her lap and started to
sketch some crude drawing trying to explain to Garrett what had happened...
[To Be Continued...]
