Darval fumbled with the bandage he had been trying to  re=wrap around his thigh after Mithnella had left.  With her sudden reappearance Darval dropped one end of the bandage causing the part he had already wrapped around his leg to come undone to reveal the wound where one of the wooden spikes that had been in the bottom of the pit he had fallen in had pierced his thigh.  Which was the real reason he had spent so much time at the village under the care of a stubborn healer who first threatened to tie Darval up if he did not lay still then followed through with his threat after bringing Darval back after his third escape attempt. Looking up at Mithnella with a sheepish smile he said, "I don't suppose we could keep this from Lorn... after all there is no need to worry him with such a little scratch."