[gremlin]

Judith's heart fluttered in her chest when Rhyldrin admitted to caring about her. She almost told him that she cared about him too but she kept it to herself for now. Judith would have to wait until this conversation between Rhyldrin and this woman was over and when she left Judith was still too scared to move. Her body still felt numb from killing Uldric though she knew that he deserved it for all of the horrible things that he had done throughout his life. The same could pretty much be said about Brishen. Though Judith was a little more sensitive to his death, even though he had treated her poorly he still was her brother at the end. She wondered if deep down he never liked hurting her, but she quickly dismissed those thoughts. Brishen didn't care, he just wanted to hurt others. He liked it.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she felt Vrine tugging at her shirt. She brought her hands around him and lifted him from the ground. "Vrine," she whispered to him gently. "Please be patient with me." there was only so much she could handle at all once and her head was pounding. She placed the little dragon on the floor and stood finally. Judith hesitated to go to Rhyldrin. He didn't seem to want her to stay around any longer, she would get in trouble if she was caught here. Though Judith knew that she went to him, she ignored her brother's body. Rhyldrin was right, it wasn't the place or time to grieve and she could do plenty of that later. She had to be strong, stronger than she ever had been before. It took a lot to stop herself from becoming a crying baby. The thought of losing Rhyldrin almost threw her over the edge.

Judith stood in front of Rhyldrin, then she brought herself to her knees to sit in front of him. "I want to help you," she said to him, she brought a hand to his face and gently pushed hair from his eyes. "I don't want to leave you like this. I can tend to your wounds, I can do my best. Please don't tell me to go when you're like this." she breathed finally then brought the same hand to his cheek. She gently ran her thumb over his scar. "You have helped me so many times, Rhyldrin. I would feel as if I was betraying you by not returning the favour." her eyes wandered over his body. Who am I fooling? she thought to herself. I might not be able to do anything for him and here I am begging for him to allow me to help. He's nearly killed himself protecting me. Vrine brought himself next to her and whimpered.

"I care about you too," she blurted out, her voice shook as she tried not to cry. "I should have came out, I should have helped you but I was scared." she whimpered. "I wouldn't even care if my dagger met my brother's flesh. I should have protected you, just as you protected me." she felt as if she was going to be sick. "Please, don't die. If I leave you here please stay alive. I want to see you again." Judith pressed her forehead against his, she wondered what he would think if she kissed him. "I know that you have done so much for me already, but please.. I want to see you again." she felt as if she was rambling on, perhaps her emotions were getting the best of her. Had she gone mad like her brother? War could do horrible things to people. "I'll leave though I really don't want to. I don't want what you did for me to be worthless because I was caught here." then an overwhelming urge over came Judith. Her eyes closed then she pressed her lips against him for a brief moment.

When she pulled away she felt as if she was going to drown in her emotions. Judith stood from where she sat, picking up Vrine in the process. She looked down at Rhyldrin for a moment and hesitated to leave. When Vrine nibbled at her fingers she knew that she had to push herself to go. Both of them were aware of the dangers and wanted her to be safe. "Find me when you are better, but only if you want to. You know where I will be." she said and smiled weakly. Then she left.