He had been sitting in the grass for what felt like hours now, waiting for Master Wolfram.<br/><br/>Without warning, his body suddenly became wracked with excruciating agony as the wound on his shoulder began to weep with a horrid black liquid. He keeled over, roaring in pain as his body convulsed violently. Finally everything stopped... the ache in his tired body, the terrible grief over his dead children, the guilt of letting little Mary get hurt... it all melted away and Brother Vernasus felt at peace for the first time in his life as he closed his eyes and everything went black.