Quinn finally stopped. She walked Sahara through a bush... and there is was. It was a cave with the sun shining into it, there was a small pool with a small stream running into it, and green grass all around. Quinn helped Sage get down on the warm grass near the pool, immediately running to fetch him another drink. This time she put poppyseed in it again, so that he would fall asleep. It was best for him right now. She was almost dropping by that time, so afterward she kind of just fell over into a deep sleep...

Sage knew Quinn was tired too, so he tried to hold his own weight as much as possible. He practically collapsed once she set him down though, and he barely had enough energy to down the drink. He fell asleep again soon after, quite happy to find that the poppyseed knocked him out well and kept him asleep for a while. He did manage to curl up near the girl, to keep them both warm enough over the night.

Quinn woke up to birds twittering in the trees. She was in immense pain but she still got up, going to Sahara and getting the tarp and spreading it out across the cave floor, then putting the blankets atop that... then started to go find rocks for a fire pit. Once she had collected a good amount of big rocks that were extremely hard for her to carry in her state, she made the firepi, starting a fire to burn the grass in the middle. Quinn then went into the cave, finding a little cubby and going back out to collect plants. She spent a whole hour collecting lots of peppermint, Barmy Root, Chervil, and Poppyseed, then stored them in the cubby. Once she was done with that she made tea for Sage with Peppermint for flavoring, and Chervil for the infection.

Sage stayed asleep for most of the time the girl was working. When he woke up, he was still groggy, but he knew enough to notice that she'd been working. He could smell new herbs in the cave, even if his eye sight was still funky. He could hear a fire though, and padded towards it groggily before laying back down with a huff, the small movement having taken up most of his energy. He lapped up the tea when the girl gave it to him, and then rested his head on the cave floor again.

(I think it would be interesting if the infection messed his eyesight up for a while. So he'd be mostly blind even after he was healed. Not permanent tho haha)

(That sounds good. When you get a little better I'm going to have Quinn get sicker and sicker, neglecting herself to tend to you. How does that sound?)

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Quinn glanced at Sage as he moved, shifting her weight to walk over to him and sit down. She was tired, and decided this would be another good time to sleep... so she just let her body shut down. Quinn was out within a couple seconds, trying to soothe her breathing because it was getting hard to breath

(Yeah that sounds fine to me!)

Sage felt a soft smile drift onto his face when the girl settled down next to him. He wasn't really sure why....he just suddenly felt happy about it. It was weird, especially considering they were both sweaty and smelly, and had infected wounds, and probably looked awful. He knew he looked like something that just crawled out of the grave after a hundred years underground. But, sleep was good. He woke up after a while , and decided to boil and cool a big batch of water and bring it to the cave, so they didn't have to constantly boil more when they were thirsty. Because they were both awaiting a lot, from what he could feel and smell. He still couldn't see much more than shadows, which worried him a bit, but he could navigate with other senses, as long as he went slow.

Quinn lay in the ground, not moving. She hadn't slept well in days... and this was her chance. She slept forever... finally waking up just as dawn broke for the second time. Quinn touched her neck and face gently, and couldn't hold back a yelp. She didn't think it would be THAT bad. It hurt bad enough for her to make a sound, which was uncommon. She seethed, standing slowly, the world spinning around her. Nevertheless, Quinn acted like nothing was wrong. She grabbed some Chervil and Peppermint out of the herb stash, boiling a Little more water and giving it to Sage

Sage had fallen asleep again that night, but woke at Quinn's yelp. He frowned slightly, but if the girl was up and moving about she couldn't be too bad. "Drink some yourself too," he rasped when she gave him the cup. 'theres plenty of water." He didn't want her to hurt either, and while she was better off than him, that didn't mean she didn't need help.

"Oh, no I'm fine." She said quietly. "Drink it; you need it more than I do." Her voice sounded a little weird because she couldn't really get air in.. or out, but she hid it well. She knew Sage's vision was a little cloudy ... and if he could see her he would insist, so this was her cover. She half walked half stumbled over to the cave, going inside then leaning up against the wall and opening her mouth like a fish out of water.

Sage rolled his eyes and snorted, then winced, regretting the decision to do that. "I meant take another cup," he snorted with a twinge of amusement. "Don't be stupid about it." He shrugged slightly and settled down again once he'd dranken the stuff she'd given him. He could tell she wasn't feeling great, and he just wished she'd be smart about it all. He was feeling better....not great, but better. And he didn't want her to get worse.