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Malcolm knew it was going to be hard to convince halt to stay and heal for a few more days, but he also knew that he had a backup plan in case his attempts to convince him to rest.

"Halt" Malcolm began.

"if you are going to tell me to lay down and rest, I think I'm going to throttle you."

Malcolm sighed and sat down next to Halt, it was evening and Will and Horace were re-building the fire not too far away.

"Halt" he said "look at Will".

Halt frowned "why?"

"Just Look"

Halt turned and looked intently at Will and Horace. It was only then that he realized the lack of exuberance in Will's body language. Although he was laughing with Horace, his movements looked so heavy, it looked as if it was taking a lot of effort to do the simplest things. As he turned to face the fire Halt saw Will's eyes were bloodshot and heavy, his bags where so dark it was almost black. Even as he watched he yawned, Horace put his hand on his shoulder and gestured to the tent. Will shook his head and continued to lay logs on the fire. His hand was shaking slightly. Horace shook his head looking worriedly over at Will, then looked over at Malcolm and Halt and shrugged. There was not much he could do.

Halt was shocked "How did I miss this?" he asked quietly.

Malcolm gently laid a hand on his shoulder, "You were healing yourself, you are not always going to be at your best" Malcolm looked over at the boys, " but even though he knew you where getting better Will could not rest properly, he hasn't had a good rest for days"

He turned and looked intensely at Halt, "It is not just for you that I am asking to stay a few more days, Will needs the rest as well."

Halt nodded, "We will stay for a few more days" he finally took his eyes off of Will and turned to Malcolm, "Keep an eye on him, will you?" he asked.

Malcolm nodded "I promise."

"Good" Halt said and he laid back down on his mat, his strength slowly leaving him. "Now someone get him to bed, force him if you have to"

Malcolm chuckled, "Don't worry, I will get him to rest."

Halt closed his eyes and his breathing evened out as he slipped into a deep sleep.

Malcom stood up, "One down, one to go." And he headed over to the fire.