Blackfeather Woods And all the lights that lead us there are blinding

She knew what he said was true; it made more sense for her to stay here and for him to go, but it was hard to remind herself of that when he was hurting. What made things even more difficult was that she didn't have the skills to truly help him. He needed someone who could heal the infection that had set into his wounds, and she knew nothing about how to do that. 

She was glad to hear about Valette and that they knew where Taktuq was. She sighed and nodded. You are the one that needs to be taken care of, and you are trying to make me feel better. It was backwards and she would not let herself give him anymore reason to think that he needed to worry about her right now.

How can I help you right now? she asked. Soon, she would set out to find him someone to tend to his wounds but until then, there had to be something she could do.