She walked into the commander's office.<br/>"Private Lyra.. Back so soon - how did you reach the area of operations so soon and return...." she tails off, looking at the blood soaked bandage..<br/>"I see... so Gwendolyn... and.. Well they were brave warriors - I don't need to hear how it happened"<br/>the commander lowered her head in remembrance.<br/>"Take 50 shells as the agreed upon hazard pay for your entire group. You can purchase clean linen bandages from Maggie at the Screaming Virgin Tavern, she keeps a stock of them out back with the woodgrain alcohol - which you'll need to douse it in unless you want it infected... She looks at the filthy bandage... "It might be too late already for that... - clean out your wound with alcohol thourougly - you'll need a second person to help you do it properly... If you're reallly worried about it - they can sear it shut with tongs at the slave markets... and if it goes worse - The orphanage should have the equipment to do a proper clean amputation. Failing that the Priests at the temple of Gods might be worth a trip."<br/>she salutes you<br/>"Take the week off Private - you've earned the R&R, that's an order.. "Oh... but no pay - we don't reward scroungers for nothing - you know the scout way" she proudly proclaims as if this is some kind of reward. Well she hasn't gutted lyra where she stands for failure.. so maybe it is a reward.<br/>"We've been notified of a merchant's cart that is missing - a shipment to Zaful... By the end of the week, we'll need a party of Scouts to go reclaim it... I want you on the crew private Lyra... there's a promotion in it for you if you bring back the cargo.. THe village Chieftain seems very irate about her tea shipment."<br/><br/>She goes back to studying maps, and updating them with a qulill<br/><br/>"Well don't just stand there gawking soldier, you are dismissed... Go drink your pay away - or masturbate to drawings of pretty boys on the intervillage mailing list, or whatever it is you Non commissioned's do when you're not fucking up missions"<br/>"SCRAM!"