~Chapter 50~
With her hands full, Mae went back out onto the front porch, where Fon had lit the lantern and filled the bowl with water as she had been instructed.
"How long do you think it will take before she's better?" Fon questioned as she sat at Faltri's side and had begun to wash down the uninjured parts of her back with the cool water from the stream using a handkerchief.
"Days, until these have sealed over, but it will be months before this is properly healed; if it even can be. Complications aside, she will also need to double her weight, and I have no idea how long that is going to take," Mae responded, setting the basket down by the door.
"If I can't ride her though, what use is she?"
