Ebony nodded,<strong> "I must go attend to the healing of the contestants as I promised for our entry fee.  There will be more to see 'backstage' as it were."</strong><br/><br/>The crowd of watchers were all buzzing talking amongst themselves as hooded and robed figures moved about the crowd talking and making marks on wood framed slates with a bit of chalk.<strong> "The amount of glory each combatant earns, and therefore their prize money, is determined by the crowd's response." </strong>Ebony pulled Tialyn along down to the edge of the basement and a slightly concealed staircase became revealed behind a large stack of crates.  Descending the rickety wooden stairs, the pair found itself underneath the risers that the crowd stood.  She could hear the creaking of the wood flooring above them and the buzz of the crowd as they entered the 'backstage' for this particular arena.<br/><br/>Ebony immediately went to the first warrior, the first woman that they'd seen in the rena.  She was clad now in a simple pair of linen shorts and a very short, sleeveless tunic that exposed most of the wounds on her stomach and arms.  She sat holding her side where a large magically glowing 'wound' no longer bled but obviously still hurt her.  One of the robed figures stopped Tialyn tho and, holding a slate asked,<strong> "Of the three matches, which was the best and which the worst?"</strong>He marked down Tialyn's responses before moving off and letting Tialyn catch up to Ebony just as she had finished laying hands and was getting ready to move onto the pair of leather clad combatants.  They had very few actual wounds, and Ebony deemed that only one of them actually required healing, advising the other to take a day or two to rest and she'd be fine.<br/><br/>The third, the woman who'd been raped by the orc was leaning back on a couch, still naked and with her thighs still slick and shiny with drying gnoll cum.  Amazingly, despite the bruises on her body, she looked better than she had when the match had started.<strong>"Hello Mialasis,"</strong>Ebony said as she approached the woman who waved off the attendant who was cleaning her with a damp sponge.<br/><br/>Mialasis stretched out with a broad smile,<strong>"Hello Ebony, here to ease my tensions?  Oh, I hurt so, after such a defeat."</strong><br/><br/>The tone of Mialasis's voice made Tialyn think that maybe she was being less than honest.  A point that Ebony obviously knew as she said,<strong>"Let me guess, you want me to leave some of the soreness and pain.... to remind you of your... ahem... defeat?"</strong><br/><br/>Mialasis made a face of shame, one that Tialyn didn't buy.  She moved her fingers to her close cropped dark bush that covered her mons and asked,<strong>"Maybe if you left the pain here, it would remind me to be more careful in the future, several days of ache would do well to remind me to be more careful in the future?"</strong><br/><strong><br/>"Mmmmm hmmmmm." </strong>Ebony said as she rolled her eyes, then began healing the bruises on the other parts of Mialasis's naked body.<strong>"You know that this was an unsafe day for you?"</strong>Ebony asked.<br/><br/><strong>"Was it?"</strong>Mialasis asked again in a way that said she already knew the answer,<strong>"by the gods, I hope my womb isn't tainted with some vial gnoll's seed!"</strong>Then even unable to keep her own act going, she began laughing.  Until Ebony's hand pressed against her lower abdomen and glowed a dark blackish purple for a moment.  Which caused Mialasis to wince for a moment before blowing a kiss to Ebony and winking.<strong>"Who is your friend Ebony, she's pretty.  Will I have competition next week in the Pit?"</strong><br/><br/>Ebony turned to Tialyn, obviously she wanted to let Tialyn answer, but said,<strong>"Maybe, we may go see the pit master and set up a match for my mistress for next week if she wishes it?"</strong>