In reply to Difyr Bateman (msg # 87):

Aron sat Yehudit down on the stool, removed her stocking and helped her maneuver her foot into the bucket.

"You still have the rest of the family, and Yehudit." Liadan awkwardly reached into the stall to pat Sileas's shoulder. "Especially Yehudit. If you were to leave Yehudit would leave too... And she wouldn't come back until she found you even if that meant she would wander alone herself."

In reply to Aron Buckley (msg # 89):

Yehudit gasped when her foot plunged into the cold water. It was so cold it almost hurt. Yehudit was glad that Sileas wasn't there to witness this. Yehudit squeezed her walking stick.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 90):

"I don't want to bring any more danger to her. Everything just feels so awkward now, I just don't feel like I belong," Sileas admitted. "It's almost like I would be trying to force my way into a place in the family." She sighed. "I just feel empty. I want my family. I want Mama and Papa."

"When you're around at least I know Yehudit is protected." Liadan sighed. She missed Brighid and Sarah and the triplets, she even missed Shawn a little. "I know... It wasn't fair."

Difyr looked at her sack of dwindling supplies. She missed her garden where she grew almost everything she needed, and the stock of dried plants and herbs that she had bought or gathered over the years- some that either did not grow well gardens or came from warmer climates. Lack of healing supplies was never something Difyr had to face before. Difyr resolved to explore the woods around the keep to see what she could find the first chance she got.

Difyr moved over to Millie Buckley to see how the girl was doing, she was still recovering from the beating her own father had given her.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 93):

"If I could just have a few days to myself," Sileas said wistfully. She finished brushing Ares and got him settled in his stall. "Do you think Lightning might still be alive? Could I go bac for him?" Even that one small thing, that connection to her father, would mean so much. "And Thunder too? We'll need horses."

"The horses may still be alive. But," Liadan said, "Those men would have probably taken the horses for themselves rather than let them run loose."
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Sileas cursed sharply. She didn't want either horse in the hands of those barbarians. "I could kill them to get the horses back," she stated coldly.

"I could kill them for many reasons." Liadan said.

"I do as well. But I can't go after them with Yehudit in tow," Sileas admitted. "So I can't avenge and I can't grieve. I can only keep everything inside."

In reply to Difyr Bateman (msg # 94):

Millie had lay down, trying to rest. Every inch of her body ached. She moaned softly.

In reply to Millie (msg # 100):

"How are you feeling?" Difyr looked at Millie and thought longingly of her garden. She sparingly used some of her herbs to make a poultice for Millie's head.

"Yehudit doesn't hold anything in when she's with you, does she?" Liadan asked.

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 91):

Yehudit looked towards where she came in. Sileas was taking longer than Yehudit liked and she was starting to get worried.

In reply to Difyr Bateman (msg # 101):

Millie shrugged and then winced. "Achy and tired," Millie admitted.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 102):

"Sometimes she tries. Like when her ankle is bothering her." Sileas sighed. "Sometimes I think she just wants me to believe she is as strong as she thinks I am, and the truth is, I'm not strong at all lately." She glanced at Lia. "I feel like a coward right now. I might have been able to save at least Papa. He told me to run. I tried to argue that I wanted to get him out, but he just said it was too late and that I should run. And now I'll forever wonder if I could have saved him."

In reply to Sileas (msg # 105):

"If you hadn't run you would be dead too." Liadan said. "It's better that you survived."

"That's what Papa told me, that he wanted me to live. But that won't stop me from wondering," Sileas added.

In reply to Millie (msg # 104):

"I'm afraid there isn't much I can give you." Difyr said after she applied the poultice and looked in her bag. With her priority patients seen to now would be a good time to see about gathering herbs in the woods. Difyr stood up and walked over to Xavier. "There are a lot of wounded, I need more herbs... I might be able to find some in the woods."

"Good, we have a healer. At the very least I know that." He waved two of the knights over. "Two of my men will accompany you. Sir Lucien and Sir Bart." Xavier turned to them. "You are to assist our healer in any way that she needs."

"If you're too busy I can manage on my own, I don't plan on going far or picking more than I can carry..." Difyr said.

"Busy? Nonsense. I'm just waiting for people to come forward and let me know what their skills
are so we can begin planning the rebuilding." Xavier gave her a charming smile. "They are going along for your protection, in case of the miscreants who attacked the village are lurking about."

Difyr was so used to working alone.

"Oh. Okay then." Difyr picked up a basket. "Let's go."

In reply to Sileas (msg # 107):

Liadan sighed. There was no convincing Sileas that she did the right thing. "Is the horse... done?"