"Eternity! Are you okay?" Ed called, running over. Roy walked calmly over to Aria, much less worried.
"Just a few cuts," Aria assured the guys. "Nothing serious."
"My cat scratches me worse than this..." Eternity commented unhelpfully, rubbing the scratches on her collarbone. She looked up at Ed. "I liked this shirt." It was ripped beyond repair; the best they could do was to see if they could find a new one. And considering Evanescence doesn't exist in this world, well...they doubted that was going to happen.
"Let's go back to the inn," Roy suggested. "We can get you a new shirt to wear, and treat your cuts so they don't get infected." Ed turned red with shame at the thought of missing the girls get hurt, when he promised that they wouldn't. But the girls rushed out ahead of the flaming Ed, and he had to lead them back to the inn. Soon Eternity was in a new plain black shirt and there was ointment on the cuts. Ed pulled aside Eternity, convinced that she was furious at him. She had refused to look at him the entire night.
"Look, I'm sorry," Ed began. Eternity glanced up, surprised.
"For what?" She asked innocently. "Saving us? Arresting all those guys? Helping me treat my cuts?"
"For letting you get those cuts in the first place." He sighed in exasperation. "I promised you that you and Aria wouldn't get hurt at all. And you did." His eyes were troubled. "I don't like to break promises." Eternity laughed, her eyes dancing.
"That would be just like you, to take that on yourself," She commented with a smile. "It's okay, really. I've gotten hurt a lot worse than this before. You're beating yourself up for nothing. Please, don't feel bad. You did the best you could." Aria strolled over, a grin on her face.
"We should've known that Ed would beat himself up over this," Aria told Eternity. "It's in his nature to be sorry that we got minor scratches. It's no use trying to get him to feel better." Eternity looked at Aria thougtfully for a moment.
"You know, you're starting to sound like Flamey over there," Eternity told her, referring to Roy. Aria rolled her eyes and stalked off, muttering about not being appreciated. "And Ed, can we please just put this behind us now? I know you've been in worse danger, so don't stress over it. Please?"
"I'll try," He responded uncertainly. She smiled in reply and leapt onto a bed, yawning loudly.
"I'm going to try and get to sleep," Eternity told no one in particular. "G'night." After a bedraggled chorus of good night, Eternity fell asleep nearly as soon as her head hit the pillow. Ed was out soon after, but Aria, Roy, and Al stayed up. Aria was up because she loved the night. Roy was up because he simply couldn't sleep. And Al was always up. But soon Aria was gone too; her day had been long and she was tired.