text: The liquid inside the bottle glowed in azure. "Thank you", Ahia mouthed to Tiapin. That was all she could think of when she finally held the bottle with the cauldron-warm potion in her hand. "Remember to not let your friend drink all of it at once. Sip by sip is the ideal way", Tiapin repeated. Only now did Ahia realize that Tiapin didn't look like a wizard at all. He looked like a totally normal human man in his fourties, except he actually was 173 years old. Her mental image of a wizard had been a crazy old man with a long white beard who stood on his green glowing cauldron all day. "Alright. Sip by sip", Ahia confirmed and left the cabin. This potion was supposed to heal one of the most dangerous wounds a person could have. The arrow had barely missed Kagros's heart and Ahia had no idea when Kagros would wake up. He had lost a great amount of blood and if anything else happened additionally, the silk string his life was hanging on would break once and for all. No, she couldn't think about death. Kagros wouldn't die. He had survived worse things - or had he? Ahia's eyes slowly filled with tears. What if someone had wanted to get Kagros out of their way? Had he found out about a truth he wasn't supposed to know? Was it about the liquid he had brought to Meriman? Or did they want Kagros's death for a totally simple reason? The street Meriman lived on came into view. Her house was just half a mile away, and yet, Ahia felt as though she wasted her time on this dreadfully long walk. She sped up her pace - every second counted. Purna was awaiting her in front of Meriman's door. Ahia began to run as fast as she could, ready to hand the blue glowing potion to Purna to heal Kagros's wounds. Suddenly, as she took another step, she wasn't able to complete it. Instead of moving forward, her foot hit a big and heavy stone lying on the road. Ahia grabbed the bottle with the potion as tight as she could and tried to keep it as far away from the road as possible while she fell to the ground. Not even a second after, an arrow crashed down from above and landed inches beside her. Purna immediately realized that by tripping over the stone, Ahia had dodged an arrow. Now there wasn't any doubt left for her: an ominous sniper was trying to get both Kagros and Ahia out of their way. She rushed over to Ahia and quickly created a bright flashing light in order to blind the sniper. "See him?", she asked. "Where?" Ahia was too confused to know what had happened. "You've been about to get shot an arrow at too." On the roof of the house two houses from Meriman's, a few clapping of clothes could be heard as the person the clothes belonged to disappeared into the darkness. After a few seconds of realizing, gratefulness took over Ahia. "Well, thank you for saving my life." "You're welcome. Your death would have been a huge loss for us." Purna's usual personality didn't leave many other conclusions than that she was kidding, but she reacted to Ahia's suspicious facial expression with bare seriousness. "I mean it. We can't bear to lose another life." Another life? Ahia's heart contracted.