The creature/Svala looks at his outstretched hand, as if it were a dagger pointed towards her, and hisses, almost ferally, before something inside her seems to give way, and, slowly, hesitantly, she takes his hand, and he gets an idea of how badly wounded she actually is; about as badly as Draiss was, following his fight with the Beyonder, and lacking his ability for self repair. Even with her potent healing magic, it was like applying bandages to a gut wound.