Valla checked his chest, and her hands came away bloody, making her gasp. Valla had never seen anyone this wounded before, and she didn't know what to do. She could run back and get Saul, but that would mean leaving Tommy like this, alone at night in the woods.<br/><br/>In the end, Valla withdrew her piece of leather and worked a spell, the levitation she had shown Tommy earlier. Raising him to about 3 feet, she let him hover in midair, laying on his back as though on an invisible bed. She grasped his shoulder and began to tow him back through the forest. Though he was still heavy, without the friction of the ground he was much easier to pull. Valla worked her way up to a jog, panting as she tugged Tommy with one hand and held her "torch" in the other.<br/><br/>"Lead me, Bastion!" she called, having no idea of where she was going. She didn't know how long the spell would last, maybe ten, fifteen minutes. Already she was feeling fatigue from the magic draining out of her. Valla had never exerted herself this vigorously before with a spell, but she had to get Tommy back to camp. If the magic ran out, she would have to carry him the rest of the way, if she could.