"Let's give them all a more concentrated knockout potion, at least," Crow said, and the Alterans gave every one of the captured slaves that woke up, calming them down for a bit.
In this way, the 'slaves' wouldn't be pushing themselves anymore and getting legitimate rest. This was in addition to diluted healing potions that stabilized their conditions, with particularly hurt people like Lani getting a bit more.
The Fargo citizens knew that such potions must not be cheap—at the very least, they didn't have access to it no matter how much silver they gave.
They didn't know everyone who participated in the war had a small vial of the knock-out potion, let alone the healing potions which was available for purchase.
In any case, this made the gesture have an even larger impact on their hearts. "Thank you. So much," Tacky and the others said, sobbing, and looking at them as if they were messiahs.
