Feeling the stitch in her temple that hurt more and more but resisting it, she said, "I put a mark with my flame, I will not be conscious for a long time… and this is where we were attacked from."
Brian and the emerald-eyed girl exchanged glances. They both nodded slowly. Brian knelt in front of Neferet and said slowly, "Ok… I'm going to carry you and take us where it is, Rebeca. Please keep her awake while I carry her."
Neferet felt Brian's hands lifting her up and placing her on his back. Neferet felt Brian's back against her body and could smell his scent.
With difficulty but carefully, Neferet detailed Brian's light brown hair and fair but tanned skin.
At that instant, Neferet felt an overwhelming sense of embarrassment.
The hormonal imbalance she was experiencing at the time, along with the mental strain of the situation, caused her to flush.
While pointing the way Brian should follow.
Rebeca, the emerald-eyed girl, jumped to run quickly behind Brian's back.
"Hey, what's your name? I am Rebeca Strider, hunter of the Strider-Trading Company," Rebeca happy said at Neferet.
At that moment, her large eyes highlighted its beautiful and bright color.
Rebeca looked into the sleepy yellow eyes of Neferet, with one of them giving big paws simulating clumsiness. While swinging a long rifle behind her back, she continued saying, "The animal that carries you is Brian. He didn't tell me his last name or where he comes from."
Finishing up the small hill, Brian pulls his spear back, and Rebeca holds it while saying, "He just said..."
Rebeca paused as she tried to imitate Brian's slightly hoarse but soft voice while moving the spear he now had in his hands, imitating Brian's walk.
She then continued, "I'm Brian, spearman. We are going now."
Neferet chuckled softly before covering her mouth with the free hand she had available.
At the same time, Brian lowered his head, frowning a little, blushing, while Rebeca then asked, "What's your name?"
Rebeca's big eyes looked at Neferet, attentive for her answer. After a long breath, Neferet said, "My name is..."
The air escaped her, slurring her words, and with difficulty, Neferet tried to say, "Nefeee... Nefeeee... ret..."
Closing her eyes, content for the moment to say only his name.
She planned to properly introduce herself to that nice girl and boy who had captured her eye ever since she noticed them on the ship, but first, she needed to get some rest and become more composed.
Rebeca walked calmly and said, "Huy… No, no, no."
Rebeca stretched out her hand and gently smacked Neferet on the forehead while saying, "A pleasure, Nefy. But you can't sleep now."
Brian cleared his throat, turning to look at Rebeca. He said, "Can you tie her down with your rifle strap?" Brian kept walking quickly.
With unmasked concern, he continued further, "There isn't much time left before her flame goes out with the effort that will remove the spell, and we won't be able to find the place. I'm going to speed up."
Rebeca looked at Brian, holding both the spear and the rifle, and shook them on her wrists, making a gesture that they were very heavy, closing her eyes, and with hidden sadness, she said, "I did not take you as one of those guys who, when another girl arrives, you leave the one you had behind you."
Stopping in his tracks, Brian turned around, opening his eyes while Rebeca let out a laugh.
Neferet sleepily opened her eyes a little, letting out a laugh. She said, "You're a normal boy..." She exhaled and breathed heavily before continuing, "On the pier, you seemed more intimidating..."
Brian looked down. While Rebeca tied Neferet's hip to Brian's back while laughing, she said, "Be careful with Nefy, and she is very dizzy."
Holding Neferet's legs, Brian looked at Rebeca and said with a shake of his head, "You're going to have to remind me, why did I accept you are coming with me?"
Rebeca turned around, arching her back and wiggling her hips, winking at Brian while holding her rifle. She said, "Because I am a very pretty hunter, and you needed support."
Brian deeply sighed before speaking, "Follow my step. As we are, we should not fight. So, let's run with our heads down."
Rebeca's big eyes closed a little. She laid her rifle on the ground. She said, removing her smile and speaking in a more serious tone, "If we have to fight, I can cover for you for a few moments so you can leave her on the ground and fight, as an emergency, of course."
Brian nodded before he tilted his hips a little and, taking a long stride, began to run while his eyes began to shine in a dim way, making each step make him advance faster through the forest, following Neferet's outstretched arm while, at his backs.
Rebeca ran with Brian's spear slung over her shoulder and her rifle held in the middle, swinging it to the rhythm of each step.
Little by little, Neferet felt that the pain in her head turned into a severe cold that ran through the girl's forehead, clinging to her conscience while the cold became more and more intense.
Neferet could hear a soft cry from Rebeca for the girl to say loudly, "Brian, this is a massacre! But what is this smell!?"
Neferet felt a slight peace in her chest and surrendered to the cold, letting go of the spell and feeling how the pang in her hundred, little by little became more and more tenuous until it disappeared, and being able to sleep for a few moments with Brian's voice saying in the background.
"Rebeca, can you move her? Go somewhere and take cover. I will study this disaster."
Upon hearing that, Neferet fell completely asleep as she felt her body move.
Without his control as he surrendered to the cold that gave him a feeling of peace and drove him away from the pain that ran through his hundreds.