Dayvin had appeared out of nowhere one day, and Taliyah was excited to see the only familiar face she ever cared for. When he asked her to join him in exploring the world she didn’t even think about what that would entail. She just jumped at the opportunity without a second thought. It wasn’t the first time she had made a rash decision, and she had never regretted making them in the past. In the months that they traveled together though, she had started to question her impulses.<br/><br/>Her companion was a kind man despite his family, and essentially he was the same person she had befriended all those years ago. They had a wonderful time together picking around and telling stories of their lives apart. He was a city boy and she loved to tell him he wouldn’t survive without her help, as evidenced by the need for her to set up their camps nearly every night. She was growing frustrated with the situation, but admonished herself for even considering departing from his side.<br/><br/>When the rain started Taliyah initially had wanted to find a cave or make some sort of den to wait it out, but this time the wizard had not found the idea appealing and convinced her to take up shelter in nearby Untergard. It had been years since she had slept on actual mattress, and she found that she now hated it. She didn’t have the soothing sounds of nature that she was accustomed to and it was way to bouncy. Sleep was not forthcoming, so instead she chose to take a stroll through the desolate little village, for at least then she could be beneath the open sky.<br/><br/>As she walked in the rain and mud it wasn’t hard to find people that could use her help. They had already been bandaged for the most part, so she mainly cleaned wounds and reapplied new dressings. What the town was in dire need of was food and that she couldn’t help with. She was skilled in catching her own meals, but around here all the wildlife that survived would be long gone due to the recent battles. Not long after the sun came up everyone started gathering at the town square. Taliyah was in an alleyway between two buildings, but was able to see the man speaking to the crowd. This man was giving out food to the town! She said a silent prayer to The Mother, thankful that someone else was helping these poor people.<br/><br/>As she leaned against the still standing beam of a demolished house, she was startled out of her thoughts by a gun shot. She saw the speaker was still holding the neck of the broken bottle frozen for a split second before dropping everything to run in the opposite direction. With the whole town flooding toward her there was no way she could get anywhere to see what exactly was going on. Instead she figured she could best help by making sure the townsfolk got out the area to let the willing and able do the actual fighting. The less people that were slaughtered the better. She knew that once Dayvin heard the commotion he would be in the mix to protect anyone he could, if he wasn’t still sleeping in that was.<br/><br/>Taliyah side stepped along the buildings to avoid getting tackled by someone running into her. When she was away from the stampede of people enough to breath she looked around to get a better understanding of her surrounding. There were three women getting ready to fight, she followed their line of site to see the abominations that were threatening the town after all they have already been through. Figuring that they could handle themselves for the time being she started scanning the town square to see if there were any stragglers that needed help.<br/><br/>As she expected there was a woman in the corner with her small daughter crying and trying to pull her mom away from the scary monsters. “Come on Mommy,” the little girl cried out. She couldn’t have been more then five years old and her mother was frozen with fear.<br/><br/>Taliyah walked over, confident in the time she had, and looked down at the little girl with a tender smile, “Do you mind if I help?” With the child’s nod she put herself between the woman and the creatures to get her attention. “Let’s get your daughter to safety, okay?” Redirecting the mother’s focus was thankfully enough to get her out of her petrified state. The woman scooped her daughter into her arms and ran away from the impending battle.