As the building collapsed around Malyss, the falling timber did not touch him and Megan.
As he looked up, he saw a figure, a man made of flames holding the fallen beams aloft above his head.
Their eyes met, and Malyss say nothing in them but the light of life in what looked to be a burning inferno of pure white flames.
With a sort of understanding, Malyss managed to pick up the unconscious Megan, and hurried to leave the collapsing building. And as Malyss turned to look back, the flaming figure turned, and let the building collapse before it was hit with a torrent of water.
And if one looked, they could still see the flaming figure as it walked away from the town.
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Finely, as soon as the flames were out and the embers properly doused, looked around before attempting to casually wonder off back towards the woods.
Stopping by some shrubs on the way, she hid herself and looked around to make sure no one had followed her and was watching.
Feeling reasonably safe, she returned to a more human form, and stealthily made her way back to town.
She went right over to where the wounded were being gathered, hoping she'd be able to help in some way.
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Hamish was supporting Duncan as they hobbled over to where everyone was having their injuries treated. They ran into Morgan on the way.
Hamish had suffered a gash in one side and over his left eye and was surly limping. Despite the pain he was surly in, he was grinning from ear to ear as he supported Duncan who looked much worse for ware.
With one leg cut up so bad that it hurt to look at it with another gash down his right arm, a cut ear, and what looked to be a lot of bruises on his other arm, and face like he's taken on one man before getting into a boxing match with another. He barely looked conscious as it was.
"Oy! Morgan! Some fight. We sure showed them what for! HA HA!" Came the call from Hamish as they drew near.
"Wha's uuuup." Duncan said as his eyes finally focused on.
"He he. Duncan, here, the cheeky blighter. He took one four men and nearly got himself skewered by a fifth, and surly would have, had I not stepped in." Morgan said, "Our families are all safe, what about yours?" He asked with actual soberness on the subject.
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