| JT had been anxious all day. He couldn't wait to get off duty so he could visit Estel at the healers. She was so weak and thin when he found her the night before and he needed to know she was okay.
He darted into the tavern and purchased some bread and cheese with the last of his coins before setting off at a sprint to the healers. Once there the head healer took JT to one side and explained that the timid elf girl hadn't been too co-operative and was a little wary, though they had managed to bathe and dress her.
JT glanced to Estel's bed in the corner and saw her huddled on the floor peering over the edge of her bed at him. He gave a friendly smile and pulled the food wrapped in cloth from his pack as he made his way to her bed.
Estel looked pleased to see him and even more pleased to see the food. They sat together and ate, Estel hiding chunks of bread and cheese under her bed for later. JT tried to find out how long Estel had been captive to the orcs. More summers than she could remember was the reply and that saddened him.
Their small meal finished he then very carefully and gently changed the dressing on her head wound and they chatted some more. The poor girl spoke more orcish and common than elven, though little bits came back to her as they talked. JT promised to help her find out more of her kinfolk and maybe even find out from where she came.
Estel kept a suspicious eye on the healers at all times and when one came over to tell her she needed rest JT rushed out into the orchard to fetch some apples before he had to leave. Estel clutched them to her chest smiling widely at her new friend, her only friend and JT promised to visit her every day. |