I lay Simeon on the bed as he writhed in pain, paralysed. It was hard to watch as he silently screamed but I had to administer a bandage before the bleeding became too great. I dragged his hammer off his back and turned him over. I wound the bandage around his arm, taking great care not to make mistakes. I finished applying the bandage and stood up, dust from the desert was streaked across Megan's face in uneven strokes while Arran had gone to get water, and we waited for four hours until Simeon woke up. "How long was I out?" he asked in an apologetic way, I replied calmly "four hours". He seemed surprised at this, not to mention confused. We gave it another half an hour before setting off back to the guild. We passed the border at approximately 1 o'clock in the morning, the Diablos and Tiberus were gone.
Eventually at 3 o'clock in the afternoon we arrived back at Pokke. Lucy was waiting at the door. "I heard about Conan, I'm so sorry Zak" I nodded politely. "I know this might not be the best time but I need you to fill in a death report and I need proof that you killed the monster". I nodded again and brought a sack off my shoulder, I tipped it upside down and the head of the beast fell out, Lucy maintained a calm face even as the purple blood splattered across the floor. Arran walked out towards the inn as I followed him. "Zak, do you think that we could have done more to help Conan?" he asked in a genuinely thoughtful way. I replied with an air of confidence, "He had his sword away; it was on him within minutes. We couldn't have done anything."Megan walked past and greeted the two followed by a secretive Simeon who merely nodded in their direction.
Megan walked up to her room in the inn. She unlocked the door and stepped in, sighing. Simeon stood in the doorway before she could close it. "Do you want to go for a drink?" he asked in a husky voice. Megan walked up to him sensually, she got close to him and placed a dainty finger on his chest, breathing heavily Simeon stepped back and Megan abruptly said "no, you creep" and slammed the door in his face. I and Arran convulsed in laughter, his face turning a shade of purple I never even knew existed. Simeon stormed past, but with a slight grin on his face.