Liz smiled softly at him, shifting her hold slightly so it was almost a one-armed hug as she continued to carry him. ”It’s alright, James.” she assured him. ”You’ll get your kiss. We just need a little medical attention first. By the way, the feeling is mutual.”
"Mutual? Good to hear," He smiled as he looked at her before coughing out blood.
”Hang in there, hero.” she teased despite her worry. ”We’re almost to the ship.” she encouraged, still supporting him. ”Hey, maybe one of the doctors got healing magic. We’ll be better in no time.”
"I dont think they would know how to use it Liz," He sighed and stumbled.
”Why not? Unless healing is a Legendary power like ours, they would have had time to practice.” she pointed out, doing her best to keep him from falling.
"Because, I overheard a guy from the logistics support, most people that having magic powers like healing are more volatile, for broken bones or if I have a broken rib or two, which I probably do, they can heal it the wrong way, and that means needing to break and heal until it is right."
”Yikes.” she shuddered at the idea of having to break a bone more than once. ”So I guess we'll just stick to the old fashioned way of healing then. I’m a little surprised they haven't tried setting the bone first then using their magic. Or just using small ”doses” of magic to speed up the healing a little.” she suggested.
"Patients receive great pain from having their bones healed quickly, so setting up the bone is a no go. Small doses will drain the caster more as it uses more mana and i-" He coughed as he groaned.
"F*ck, why?" He swore as he hurried, blood dripping and covering the hallways.
”Hang on, James. We’re almost there.” she told him, increasing her speed slightly. Though she wondered when he had learned so much about magic. Mana? She wasn't sure if she had even heard of that before.
"This knowledge, Liz? Why do I feel like I gained something from the titan?"
Liz almost stopped dead in her tracks when he said that. She hadn't said anything about that out loud. ”W-we’ll worry about that later.” she told him, heading for the doors of the medical bay. ”Right now, let's focus on getting you taken care of. Then I believe I owe you a kiss.” she smirked in her familiar teasing way, though her eyes betrayed her sincerity.
"If you so want to, my lady." He laughed weakly as they entered and soon, he was on a medical bed wired up to a machine.
Liz was watching him as she sat on a nearby bed, getting her own arrow removed. Fortunately for her, the arrow didn't seem to have done any serious damage but she still needed stitches.
"Liz… I was thinking about how I know these things and I… Remembered that something appeared in my pocket when I well, levelled up I suppose…" He sighed and struggled to get something out of his pocket.
”What, like a talisman or something?” she asked, curiously. ”You think whatever appeared in your pocket gave you more information about magic?” she watched him struggle for a moment. ”Need any help?”
"No it's fine." He finally brought it out and his eyes widened.
"Liz, this is the artifact, the one we found. How… Impossible.." He stuttered.
”What the…!” Liz exclaimed. ”How the Hell did that get here?” she asked, recognizing the object in his hand.
"I don't know… But I think this is why… Maybe? What… I.." He was very confused as he started coughing loudly.
”Hey, hey. Take it easy.” she instructed gently. ”I’m freaked out too but we’ll figure this out. You think this thing gave you a power boost or just more information?”
"I think it takes something from the enemies, their knowledge?" He took a deep breath and thought about what the stone did.
”And gives it to you, in this case.” she added thoughtfully as she looked at the strange object. ”Leech stone.” she muttered.
"Of sorts, but perhaps that isn't all, I mean, from how we got this stone and how it appeared, there must be something else about it too… Right?" He looked at her.
She shrugged. ”I wouldn't be surprised.” she admitted before sighing. ”I could really use a magic 101 course for this crazy stuff. Not like a ”how-to” thing, more like just a little more in-depth than what they already told us.”
"Guess I'll have to become your teacher for a day," He joked.
"But seriously though, there should be one, I suppose we should ask around." He said with a frown.