Lloyd gasped in horror as he watched the young man, who seemed to be called Isaac, plunge to the ground.
"NO!!!" cried Lloyd, throwing himself towards his saviour. He caught the body in midair, then heavily fell to the ground, as the weight was too much for him to sustain by himself.
"Lloyd?? Are you okay??" cried Genis. He let out a sigh of relief as he saw Lloyd picking himself off the ground; but Isaac didn't seem to be doing as well; his breathing was heavy and laboured, and he just lay on the ground, motionless; but at least he was still alive.
"Isaac?? Oh no… My temper again… Always getting me into trouble…" mumbled the intruder as he made his way towards Isaac, sheathing his sword.
"Garet… I knew it had to be you… Only you would be stupid enough to attack someone without even asking who he or she were…" grumbled Isaac as he slowly sat up, wincing in pain.
"Potent Cure!" he mumbled, and the burnt marks on his body instantly began to disappear. Lloyd wasn't aware of it, but his jaw had dropped a few inches.
"Hi… What did you just do???" asked Lloyd as he looked around. His friends were all beginning to wake up.
"Oh… That was nothing… I'm Isaac… Thanks for saving me yesterday…" he said, glaring and Garet.
"Sorry about that… Didn't know that you saved him…" said Garet sheepishly.
"Don't worry about it Garet, and Isaac, no need to thank me; you just saved me yourself." Lloyd responded kindly.
"Yeah Isaac… What happened yesterday? You went to go get some wood, and you were gone for hours! What happened???" asked Garet as he nudged Isaac in the arm.
"Oh… I sort of wandered of the path, and I couldn't find my way out of the forest, but Lloyd helped me find the path." Replied Isaac. It was quite a pathetic effort, as Lloyd could see that Garet didn't really believe.
"What??? You got lost in our forest?? How can you????" asked Garet suspiciously. He was clearly unconvinced by Isaac's lie.
"Anyways… We should get going now. We can head back to my our village, Vale." Said Isaac. It was clear to Lloyd that he didn't want Garet to know about what had happened the day before.
Lloyd woke up the rest of the group, and they began to pack up their things, when all of a sudden, Isaac pulled Lloyd to the side.
"Could you do me a big favour??? Please don't tell Garet about what happened. I will tell him later. Ok???" pleaded Isaac.
"Ok… If that is what you want…" replied Lloyd a little uneasily. He didn't like the idea of hiding the truth from Garet, but if that was what Isaac wanted, then he was more than happy to comply with it, though he wasn't quite sure why he had to hide it form Garet…