Sarin and Falin provided first aid to the wounded men on the first day of the attack. The soldiers with them were young and inexperienced, most of them were panicking at the view of the blood and the surrounding carnage. Urak was trying to find appeasing words, but that was mostly without success.
For their first battle, the elephants were too terrifying. Rare were the soldiers who could still fight. The situation was terrible and they needed help. The moaning of fear and pain of the soldiers cradled the night that followed. Mikel sighed and pressed his fingers on his temples, the Lieutenant who was supposed to guide them died in the first minutes of the fights and Mikel was the most responsible man around.
He naturally took the commandment of the unit, but he was forced to admit that they should retreat already. The only thing that made him keep the position was that Gabron was supposed to return soon with reinforcements.