Rhiak looked to Orri as he placed his cheek against his toned bicep, thinking this would be the end of any argument. Arjan could complain but the two-spirit's words were final and it wouldn't be in his favor to anger Orri. Arjan tended to the injured man quickly but with little feeling. Rhiak made a sound of disapproval.<br/><br/>“He can't feel what I'm doing,” Arjan grumbled. He'd dealt with enough men to understand that they felt nothing while unconscious and this far gone. “I do not know if he will make it. The fall was bad and there is no telling how long he was out there, laid out like this before you found him. For Orri, I'll do what I can, though I question their judgment with this one.” He sent a look at Orri but knew better to protest more than mild discontent.<br/><br/>“Now go. I need the space to work. With all of you shoved in here I can hardly move,” Arjan said, waving his hands and shooing them out. For him though there wasn't much else he felt compelled to do. He kept the fire stoked and the hut warm but he would be rather passive in his attempts to aid the stranger. Of course, Rhiak showed back up with Orri to check in on the fellow the next morning but his condition hadn't changed aside from developing a fever. While the hunter was there he applied cool compresses and sat on the edge of the cot.<br/><br/>“If he does not wake up soon to at least drink some water I don't imagine he'll make it that much longer. I can't force him to drink without possibly asphyxiating him.”<br/><br/>Rhiak didn't know what the word meant but it didn't sound good.<br/><br/>“Water will get trapped here,” he tapped the man's chest cavity, indicating where his lungs would be. Arjan had some understanding of the way the body functioned based on the necropsies he'd helped the surgeon perform. He wouldn't perish from his injuries but perhaps dehydration and fever. Something Arjan was secretly praying for and then there wouldn't be an issue. He had to wonder what he was doing this far out. For Arjan it had taken him a long while to reach this location. It was precisely why he had chosen the area. It was far enough out that he didn't think any ghost of his past would come to haunt him but apparently nowhere was safe from the reach of Belmir.<br/><br/>“And then<i>if</i>he does wake up, Orri, what do you have planned for this one?” Arjan asked. Ritual sacrifice perhaps to purify the land? He could only hope though they could do so now if they wanted to and have less of a fight on their hands. Not that he would prove much threat if he did regain consciousness.