Az roared at him as he took off.  She swatted at him one last time, but it was off.  Her vision was still blurry from the strikes she had taken, but she was out of danger.  She looked down at herself and considered going back to he stream, but it was doubling back.  In the end she decided to go back and wash off.  Her tail swung back and forth in agitation as she made her way to the stream.<br/><br/>Once there, she put down the shield and pulled off her chain shirt.  She bent over the pool of water and reached down with her clean hand in the water before pulling it up and drinking some.  After savoring the cool water, she dipped her other hand in the water and started washing it off.