Kasala opted to return to the inn and Father Belderone uttered a few prayers of healing—enough to stop any bleeding—at least, before the patrol set out. Yet it seemed the orcs had come with a very precise objective in town. No other houses had been raided. No other people were missing. And the body of Lenore was found at the forest's edge, shot through with arrows. Even so, the patrol returned to town with heavy hearts.<br/><br/>And as Larissa returned to the inn, she heart sounds from Kasala's room. Yet it did not sound like the usual ecstatic moans of someone experiencing the elf's talents for the first time. There were sighs, and whimpers, to be sure. But there was also a tension in the two voices, a shakiness in the breath that suggested a sharing of inner pain, a seeking of solace...