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Syn mourned sacrificing her last bit of Asterea, but every drop undeniably went to a good cause, she thought. As much as she was still capable of thinking at this point.
She didn't dare imagine in what state she'd be in without the makeshift antidote. Probably way worse than a splitting headache and more akin to Lyanne's torment which seemed much more miserable. Little surprising, considering how long she kept pace with Fel's drinking.
In total, that encounter with Saandras costed them almost two days, including the gruelling march that followed. Without Fel they'd have lost many hours more. At least, Syn didn't mind the blisters on her feet for once. Always important to remember the positives, she told herself.
The three got as many miles between themselves and the border to Hammark as they could. Only when they reached the 'Etyoegas' -- the piercing peak throning behind Yarathrond -- they halted for real.
"Fucking poison..." Lyanne hissed and fell into the grass, holding her head in agony. "I'm so done."
"Yeah... that's a good place to just... sit down ..." Syn joined in moments later.
"You should have let me carry you," Fel said, rummaging through the group's many bags she now had to carry alone.
Lyanne only growled.
"Then you would have had to choose between the wine and Lyanne," Syn said, eying that cursed amphora which Fel brought with her because 'it tasted nice'.
Admittedly, there were some perks in being born an orc.
"An easy decision then," Fel chuckled and handed Lyanne her water. "But really, I do not mind carrying you... if you want."
"Thanks, but no thanks," the knight sighing after emptying her old bottle like she could just wash the sedative away. "I had arrows and daggers stick out of me and never did someone have to carry me. I won't let that happen over just a bit of poison."
Fel and Syn shared a knowing look, which almost made way for laughter on Fel's behalf.
"Oh, only if you'd knew," Syn thought and was handed her silver flask.
This must have been the first time in recorded history that an orc willingly fetched an elf, half-blooded but still an elf, her Asterea. Or at least the traditional, ceremonial vessel the elves used for storing the ancient elixir. Maybe seeing it reduced to merely a glorified water bottle was the compromise Fel had to make in her head to allow this most unprobeable of events to become a reality.
Naturally, Fel was bluntly outspoken on the subject. Especially the elvish inscriptions made her teeth grind like axes on a whetstone. Not to mention the elves' way of refining it, which she called an affront to the spirits themselves.
Fel changed her mind rather quickly, when Syn allowed her to taste a single drop of that 'cursed elvish pisswater'. She sported an impressive half-chub ever since and no longer brought up the matter.
"Thank you," Syn said and cursed under her breath when taking off her shoes.
"You northerners are weak walkers. You need to get stronger," the orc smiled and sat down as well. "You will never make it over the Big Rocks like that."
"Why would we ever want to do that?" Lyanne muttered, her hand still shielding her face.
"To show you my home, of course!"
Syn looked up while that word still lingered.
Syn couldn't exactly pinpoint what got to her. Fel's innocence or the casual manner by which she could invite others into her home. Maybe it was having a place deserving of the title? She hoped she'd spare herself from contemplating such a thing, but if there was ever a time to open that old wound... it would be tonight.
"You would invite us to your... home?" she asked eventually.
"Sure! Why not? I can show you everything! The food, my people, my tribe... well... maybe not my tribe ... not now..."
Fel's smile slowly slipped away and her gaze got distant.
"Why not now?" Lyanne asked, oblivious to Fel's darkening grimace.
"A long story. But one day for sure... sure..." Fel exhaled and lifted the amphora, barely sloshing with any of Saandras' poisoned wine in it and noticed Syn's stare. "But you cannot tell you are a half elf. They would skin you alive. Besides that, I am sure you both would love it there."
"We for sure will," Syn said softly.
She recognised pain when she saw it and more than anybody could image what sort of misery one had to go through to wear a face this grim.
So, she changed the topic to spare Fel anymore unwanted questions.
"This is a good place to encamp," Syn said once Fel stopped drinking." There are no guard posts towards the mountainside. Yarathrond was built to withstand a siege in perpetuity and didn't concern herself with any direction no proper army could approach from. We can rest here and regain our strength. Tomorrow after sunset we will scale the walls ... and get in."
Lyanne groaned as she sat up and despite the sickly paleness that refused to leave her face looked immensely fired up.
"That's why she's the boss, right?" the knight winked at Fel before turning to their commander. "Taking the stag by the antlers, that's exactly what we need."
Syn nodded and lifted her flask, accepting a complement only an islander would ever make. Of course, such a colourful metaphor left Fel scratching her head.
"What is a stag?" she asked in the high-pitched tone she used whenever she was at her most curious. "And antlars?"
"Antlers," Lyanne clarified. "They're on top of the big four-legged animal living in the forest. That's a stag."
"So... like a horse?"
"The one with the weird, big branches coming out of their head," Syn joined in, finding Fel's inquisitive nature hugely endearing.
"Ooooh! That one!" Fel gasped and shot up with some urgency. "I know that one."
The massive orc, without saying another word, turned around and with a smirk on her face hastily stormed off into the forest.
"Any clue where she's going?" Lyanne asked once Fel was out of view.
"No idea. Probably having another wank," Syn grinned and got up next.
"Poor forest animals won't know what hit them. Hope she won't drown any squirrels with her cum," the knight snickered and looked up to her commander.
"Maybe she just doesn't fancy help building the camp. Can't blame her."