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As Nerevar 'sat' in his suspended state he wondered how long in the mortal world he had been incapacitated. This was a pointless thought to dwell on as he had no connection to that plane, and in this realm there was no telling what time was. He heard screeching from behind him, his eyes flashed open in a second and he span about. Souls, and many of them, tormented by the death that was given to them so quickly by Nerevar's hand and blade. Twisted, vile constructs. They saught revenge, a revenge they never could have had, but now Nerevar had come to a place of death and they could sense him. They closed in, but something strange began to happen, every so often one would seem to rise above the others and in a spinning motion suddenly turn into a black mist, screaming in pain as it happened.
He wondered as to what these occurances were. And then it struck him, it was Kouhai, it was feeding. He continued to watch as these souls were one by one picked up and turned to mist over a long period of time or was it? He could not tell. Eventually he return to his meditation, every so often hearing the cries of pain. He got used to it and soon it was nothing more to him than hearing the wind.
His thoughts turned to the mortal realm, and his body. What had become of it? All he could remember was the pain of the sword, he himself was his soul but what his body safe? Even repairable? Would he ever return? These things were trivial there was nothing he could do but wait.

Lutra gasped and sat up and the cold water hit her. she wiped off her face with a sleeve and looked around frantically for her attacker. Amie was the obvious culprit.
she laid her head in her hand, trying to regain her bearings. i must've blacked out again. curse it all!
"what've i missed?" Lutra asked Amie. and where'd Uri go?

Uri walked into the pointed position of the river. As he took off he seen Nerevar on the ground along with Lyviel. He took off in a sprint and tripped from his being a bit woozy. He caught himself on his hands and returned to sprinting in the few inches of snow. Uri fell to his knees next to them both. Uri seen everythign was under control and got up. He seen that Nerevar's body was pale and thought to gather wood for fire. Uri took out his blade and went to a tree near by. Uri closed his eyes and bowed his head. He did not want this tree to be cut down without a replacment so Uri took his blade and cut down the tree. The sound of the crackling branches and the shanking leaves could be heard throught the camp. Uri then gathered seeds and planeted them near by. After that Uri went to shaving off the branches and went into cutting the tree in half. After about ten minutes Uri had himself small branches and logs for a fire. Uri dug himself a pit for the fire and gathered rocks to keep the fire controled. Uri put the logs in place and took a rock and with his Tanto struck the rock and sparks ignited upon the logs. Uri then went through the camp and found himself some pots. He took two and fileld them both by the river. He then set one upon the fire and waited a few minutes until boild. Then he put this next to Nerevar and with a rag found in the camp he put the boiling rag on Nerevar's face. Uri glanced at Lyviel for a second before returning to boil himself somemore water. Gently he took out the stains and and washed his shirts form the sweat. Uri left the clothing there and went out of the camp area. There Uri had to go to releave himself and find some food. About ten minutes later Uri had returned with with a rabbit, a snake, and some herbs found under the blanket of snow. Uri went too work with the slauter of the rabbit. Laying it upon a nice large, flat rock, Uri was gental with the hare while doing this. Then the shaving came and gently he carved out the meat. and went to work smashing the herbs and draining the snake. Uri went and retrieved another pot and filled it with water. Again the boiling process went underway. After he added the meat and the herbs. Then Uri put the drained poison into a canister that Uri had in his pouch. Then the bones were removed and added in. Then Uri carved out a spoon form a branch to stir the stew with. After completing a rough spoon Uri sat there waiting till the stew was ready.

Kouhai began to glow once more, the words etched into the blade dissapated and the last past of the riddle appeared now more promonent. "The current must be returned through body and sword" The glow faded and the words were left on the blade. As it faded a symbol of a lightning bolt was also left on the blade near the hilt, this remained glowing for all to see.

"stress" Lutra muttered, bracing herself. she looked up at Amie. "the spirit is weary. it has lost its strength." she paused when she realized she was speaking in riddles again. "when i get stressed i throw a fit, if i supress it then i black out. it doesn't happen too often."

"this is not the first time i have led someone to the Forest of Spirits. every time i come here, someone dies. i should have never agreed to this." Lutra leaned back against a tre and looked up at the sky.

"You eat it, I don't eat food," Amie said, upon being offered the food. Turning to Lutra she mentioned her comment. "Everytime you come, someone dies? That's interesting."