Auro asked Ashley, "Did the Clan Leader truly say that?"
"Yes." Ashley looked at Auro's wounded leg and took out a small bamboo tube from the sheepskin pouch she carried, "The ointment inside here is very effective in activating blood circulation and diminishing bruises."
When tribe members were injured, they would seek treatment from the Witch Clan, and because Ashley was the granddaughter of the witch, Auro didn't refuse the medicine she offered, "Thank you, Ashley, and please say hello to the witch on my behalf."
"Uncle Auro, you're welcome." Ashley's expression changed again, becoming extremely grim as she said to Galian, "There's still a way out if you go to the Female Cave, and that's where you were supposed to go."
As she finished speaking, a few of the tribe's males who came with her proceeded to drag the bloodied Galian away.