As the sun begins to rise, I go to scout around to check there are no more mutts about while Brandi finishes tending to Aya.
I travel down the stream because I can see the sky and check for flying mutts. I'm on my way back towards the camp when a silver parachute drops from the sky. I pick out the contents. A bow and a full quiver of arrows, a few knives, and a little first aid kit. Wow, I must have some rich sponsors. I gather everything up, and head back to Aya and Brandi.
When I get back to our camp, Aya looks fairly terrible. Brandi is trying to get a little bit of mashed up cracker into Aya, but I can see she's struggling.
"I got this," I say, handing her the first aid kit. She opens it. It has so much stuff crammed into it, that I think, possibly, we'll be able to heal Aya. We try some pills on her, and she perks up a little enough for us to get some food into her.
"You've got some good sponsors," Brandi says when I show her everything I got. "I wonder if I've got any."
"I'm sure you have," I say. I pull one of the knives out of my belt. They really are quite nice they're simple and sturdy, and I can see that the make spent hours heating and cooling the blade to strengthen it..
"Do you want this?" I ask Brandi, as she's better with knives than me.
Brandi shakes her head. "I couldn't, honestly."
"Fine..." I pause "you're sure?" I ask trying to give it to her.
She nods. "Sure."
We go back to tending to Aya. She's a bit better now, but slightly disorientated. We can't really leave her behind now, and I suppose, if she gets better, she'll make a reasonable ally. She got a pretty good training score.
After what we guess to be an hour, we give Aya some more food and another pill. A little colour returns to her face, and she tries to stand up, but she's way too weak for that. I'll admit I'd like to get moving pretty soon, but currently, that isn't an option. Instead we wait and listen in time like this the silence is golden.