Moonspear consequences

Alaric arrived, and Sialuk looked to him with relief. She clucked to the boy, bidding him to allow Alaric to do as he wished. This man—Alaric—is healer, too. We bring you to a quiet place for rest, but first you must drink. She waited for acknowledgment from bearcurse, but she did not need it.

I will make soft bedding of pine in the hollow of a tree and bring meat. Take him to drink first. They could not carry him up. Bearcurse would stay among the foothills of the monstrous mountain. She disappeared from them then, putting her weary muscles to work as she gathered pine boughs. The tree was one she had seen before, fallen long ago and empty in the middle. It would not last forever, but it would do for now.

The boy and Alaric would arrive soon.