There was a muffled scream, everything seeming to haze over as the troll jolted awake, eyes flashing open. The sounds were muted, something that confused her greatly as she looked over at Kruloz. "Kurloz?"
The sound wasn't heard by her as she shook him awake, hands trembling. She tried speaking more, nothing penetrating her ear drums. The other troll woke with a start, turning to look at her in confusion, opening his mouth as if he asking her something important.
Meulin shook her head, pointing to her ears and taking Kurloz's hand. She could see the pained look in his eyes as he leaned down, mouth wording something that she could not hear. The silence seemed to drag her down as Kurloz shook his head, desperately trying to tell her something.
She leaned over, kissing him to silence him. She watched him turn away and leave as she fell to her knees, head in her hands, crying silently.
Several days later, she glanced up as he returned, smiling at her as he waved. She froze, looking down. She had seen the blood and pain in his eyes. She walked over, silently resting her fingers over his sewn mouth, horror in her eyes as she hugged him, realizing what he had done.
Kurloz returned the hug, smiling at her sadly, not wanting to hurt her any further then he had as he stroked her hair. He felt terrible, nothing was going to fix her and he didn't want to be fixed. He wanted to help her.