Gilded Bay It's the heat that drives the light

His eyes narrowed suspiciously. Help how and at what cost? he asked, coughing a little after speaking. Why would she help an obviously weak stranger; surely there was some price to pay for such aid. The koa suddenly wished he had remained where his sister had left him, but it killed him to have to rely on others. He would hate to have made it all the way here through an unforgiving sea just to be killed by some stranger, but if that as his fate than so be it. Still he watched the woman and waited for her answer, ready to go down fighting if needed.