The knight would be the first to admit relief when the... thing dropped to the ground, the arrow jutting from the back of its head.  He silently helped Murn stand, waiting until she was steady with her spear to start walking.  In the exchange, with his hand on her arm, a softly whispered prayer fed her some of the energy he kept within to heal wounds.  A drop in the bucket, all things considered, but it would help her get home and rest, and start the process of mending on her own.  Perhaps she noticed.  Perhaps she didn't.<br/><br/>They walked back to find most of the town waiting for them.  He paid no attention to the mutilated swampbeast, but it was the gored man that brought his focus.  Murn is taken away by the elderly man, and the knight is walking over, listening to them speaking about his condition, which is certainly dire.  He stands there, waiting for permission to approach, before taking the last few steps, and kneeling down before him.  Again, not much, but he draws on that well of energy, and with a second utterance of prayer, he pours the rest of his strength into the man.  The damage is extensive, but if nothing else, the magic should be enough to keep him alive, to let him recover.  The rest will be up to him, and whatever resources the town can provide, but it's what he set out to do when he chose not to heal himself before.  And still he hasn't.  But he'd recover, at some point himself.  Tomorrow was another day, if that's what it took.<br/><br/>Exhausted himself, feeling strangely hollow now, he stood again, to find that the townsfolk were giving them a 'reward', a few meager coins and trinkets.  If they insisted, he would take from their possessions, but certainly at first the knight would be reluctant to take their treasured possessions. He also, however, understand the need for people to be able to show their generosity, and not feel in debt.  Which perhaps might also be why, normally he would skip the inn, but he understood a need to celebrate as well.<br/><br/>And so the bloody, bruised, and all-around wiped out paladin walked into the tavern with the rest....<br/>