Of course she performed the ritual herself, unaided.  And of course she didn't do anything with her side beyond putting a rough bandage on it.  "Here, lean on me.  It'll take us forever to get somewhere with you like that."  He reached an arm around her waist; he needed to be supporting her for this to work.<br/>--Oooh, a gentleman--<br/>--Ah, a showoff--<br/>--Boobies!--<br/>--Ah, a numbskull--<br/>He fixed his eyes on a series of solid patches of ground in the direct she'd indicated and incanted the Stride spell.  They began to move in effortless steps roughly ten meters long.