Few hours ago
With a soft growl Rio opened his eyes to the sight of flickering flames, and the scent of grilling meat. He blinked his eyes and recollected his thoughts, remembering the arduous fight with the elite monster and then the fatigue which left him falling unconscious.
"How long was I out?" He asked while suppressing the breaking pain with a grunt, as he tried to sit straight.
"Five hours." Katherine replied monotonously while curiously watching him looking at his bloody hands and then snapping his fingers which magically cleaned the smelly blood from his skin and clothes.
"That's a handy spell." She said and pointed her finger to his side.
Rio turned his head and there near the makeshift pillow of some herbs and hay, noticed a leather storage pouch.
"The monster's corpse and his core." She said before he could ask.
