"What's wrong with him?" I heard Sylens ask.
I was drifting in and out of consciousness. Friede was crouching beside me, checking my pulse and the width of my pupil. I saw worry in her eyes. I knew she couldn't do much to save me at that point, but she could make my recovery a lot easier.
"It looks as though he's dying," Friede told the others. She looked at Heda's direction, then I saw Friede look back at me with downcast eyes. "It's like he's poisoned, but the venom courses through his conduits. I can help him, boost his recovery speed, but that's about all I can do. The rest is up to him."
She placed her hands on my chest. Then I saw Sylens rush next to the healer. "He's got us here, even captured the mad scientist for us. What else do we need him for?" I heard him say.
