Alistair held the rapidly darkening cloth tightly against the wound like Wynne told him too. The blade responsible for the damage lay on the floor where it had been dropped after being removed. It could be dealt with later. Wynne sat in the chair beside the bed, her hands hovering a few inches from the small woman Alistair clung too. A gentle blue light radiated from the mage's hands. This will work; Alistair thought over and over, it'll work. Everything will be fine.
Kallian was becoming increasingly annoyed with wandering the fade. She couldn't deny that she was overjoyed to see her mother again but her mother couldn't make the fade any better. It was irritating and…. Hot? Was the fade so warm the last time she was there? She groaned.
"What now, Da'len?"
"How long is this waiting supposed to take?" She wiped at the sweat forming on her brow with the back her of her. Can you sweat in the fade? The taller elven woman shook her head and sighed, children.
"It's called waiting for a reason. And this is the fifth time you've asked, stop it."
"But Mamae…"
"I said stop it, Kali." She crossed her arms over her chest and followed her mother as they walked through the endless and empty fade. Every step she felt more uncomfortable, even tired. It didn't make any sense.
"Okay, I have a different question."
"If you ask me "are we there yet," I swear by the creators…"
"I wasn't going to ask that." The older woman looked over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes at her daughter. "I wasn't!" A thin, delicate eyebrow arched as dark eyes stared at her. "Okay, fine. Maybe I was going to ask that after my unrelated question."
"And that was…?"
"Does it get hot in the fade? I'm sweating like that Chantry sister who used to come into the Pearl." Kallian pulled at her shirt force some cool air to touch her skin. Adaia stopped and turned to face her daughter.
"What in the Creators name where you doing in the Pearl?" Kallian felt her face go red, most likely from embarrassment or maybe the unnatural heat she felt which didn't feel that bad, come to think of it. It was a comfortable kind of warm, like when Wynne was using her healing magic. The realization her like a charging bronto.
"Healing magic!" She shouted excitedly.
"You were at the Pearl for healing magic?"
"No!" She put her hands to her face and sighed. "Healing magic! That's what's happening! They are trying to save me!" She couldn't help but smile. One way or another, it would be over soon.
AN: Short chapter tonight. Sorry about that. Life has picked up in a pleasantly, insanely busy way. My second job started, huzzah! Finals are over, double huzzah! Right now, despite the start of 2nd job, I have a temporary lull in my school schedule til next semester starts next week. Also, it is incredibly hot here so that might explain some of the random childishness of Kallian in this chapter. The heat makes me looney, sorry.
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