Gourry looked down at the ground as Lina continued walking ahead. He felt pained inside but he didn't want to show it to her because she'd just get angry. Yeah, he was doing such a good job of that already, wasn't he! He then starting running to catch up with her and when he finally did, he just walked back alongside her. He glanced over to look at her face, already it was paling, and she was breathing a little harshly. She was already starting to show the signs, this was too soon…
Back to earlier.
"What do you mean dying? How can you be dying Lina! It's just a dart!" Gourry responded frantically.
Meanwhile Lina just dropped the dart and sighed. She still felt so young and really she was, now in her early 20's.
"The dart was poisoned, Gourry. I recognised that mazoku and the dart in books. He's known to kill by using poisoned darts made of human bone." Lina replied flatly.
"Then we get an antidote. It's as simple as that. Find the antidote and you'll be fine. We just have to get to the city, and find a healer. They'll sort it out! I know they will." Gourry answered back in desperation.
Lina just shook her head in a negative response.
"It's not that simple. There's been no record of any antidote that will work against it."
"Then I'll find one! Lina! There has to be a way to stop this." Lina just smiled softly at Gourry.
Momentarily she lost her mask, but quickly brought it back up again. She stood up and started walking.
"As if you could find anything with that jellyfish brain of yours!" Lina bit her tongue then. She sounded harsher than she meant to, but she was dying. Normally she'd be happy to work it out. But she remembered that book well, and she knew that it was hopeless.
Gourry picked up the dart and placed it in a protective pouch and followed Lina. He figured that it would be useful to use later as help. Someone else should be able to recognise the dart, and then know that there was an antidote. He could see Lina was willing to give up so easily but he was refusing to give up on her. He was her protector and so it was his job to find out how to protect from everything, that included death.