Hera wakes up to the sound of the Counsel arguing in the other room.
She realises that she is late for the inquisition meeting, she also realises that she feels like dragon dung.
Her lower back hurts, her left side of her throat hurts and so does her stomach.
She drags herself out of bed, slips on some clothes and takes a pain potion before racing into the inquisition meeting.
Once she enters the war room, she apologises and takes her place at the war table.
About halfway through, she realises that her ears are absolutely throbbing.
She tries to endure through the meeting but she ends up excusing herself to her chambers and she gets Solas to check her over.
After thoroughly examining Hera, Solas determines that she is going through ovarian cysts and tonsil stones that were too large and he notifies Josephine that Hera needs to take a week off to recoperate.
He gives Hera some pain relief potions, some ginger potions for any nausea and he tells her to gargle with salty water before bed.
After Solas leaves, Hera makes herself comfortable on her bed, a servant drops off some tea, some hot waterskins and some pumpkin and sweet potato soup.
She allows herself to dose after her meal with some hot compresses across her back and stomach.
The heat bringing some relief to the discomfort.
Ironbull finds her ensconced in her bedding, out cold, in slumber. He gently places a kiss on her forehead and allows her to dose, realising that she was exhausted from days of dealing with inquisitions and battles.
Hera wakes up to Ironbull spread out on the couch, she feels slightly less achey so she slowly sits up to gaze at her lover.
As he approaches her Bull notices the slight rasp to her voice, the pain in her face and the defeated look in her eyes.
He notices the discarded compresses, the empty tea cup and the pain potions on her dressing table.
Are you feeling okay? Bull asks, Hera responds by saying that she's dealing with some non infectious illnesses but she'll be fine. She's a bit sore but it's nothing major.
She admits that she just wants to spend the rest of the day, relaxing on the bed. She then asks Bull nicely to get some more tea and compresses as she takes another potion and sips some water from a nearby cup.
Bull obliges and goes to get the items.
He kisses her forehead on the way out, making sure that she is comfortable.
When he returns, Hera is reading a book, She is curled up on her side, absentmindedly rubbing her stomach.
Bull hands over the compresses and gently places the tea on the bedside table.
He then proceeds to gently take the book from her hands, as she sits up and drinks her tea.
Hera places a compress against her lower back and the other against her abdomen.
The tea helps her throat as she drinks it.
Bull gently crawls into bed next to her and she gradually positions herself so that Hera's leaning against Bull's chest.
The tea being drunk, Hera moves the compresses away as they dose on the bed.
Josephine walks into the room later on to find both Bull and Hera asleep in each other's arms.
She leaves the paperwork from the meeting on the desk, she takes away the discarded cups and gently closes the door behind her.