He took some water on a strip of cloth that he had in his pack and wiped the wound clean, then wrapped the wound with the same cloth. Although Lloyd was an honourable man, gallantly aiding a distressed female, he could not keep himself from glancing at her naked extremities. "Does it hurt very much ..." he stopped and with his eyes conveyed a question of need to know her name. "My name is Grenadine." she said and Lloyd echoed with a smile. Boyce was annoyed by what he saw. Everything was kindness and appreciation between them, but he felt that something was at fault. "I'm alright." she said and she made a little smile that poked a hole into Lloyd's heart. "Can you walk, Grenadine? We wish to resume our journey soon and we don't want to leave you behind." Lloyd asked her. Grenadine nodded to him and they packed up the two packs and climbed down. Lloyd gave Grenadine his blanket and she wrapped it around her body into a kind of dress that looked like it was made for her. No seam showed and no string or thread was used to keep it together. Boyce walked behind Lloyd and Grenadine, keeping all his attention focused on the woods and making certain that they continued to walk in a generally southern direction. Above them the tree tops were still hidden and sounds like mute whistling came from there. Boyce began to believe in the gremlin lore and the evil that was supposed to be associated with it. If it wasn't for the woman travelling with them, Boyce believed that they would have been out of the forest by this time. Grenadine limped very little but she held on to Lloyd's right arm at all times. Boyce didn't like that. He saw that Lloyd would have a very slow response in drawing his weapon if it became necessary. They kept walking and never stopped for a rest. Grenadine didn't ask for any rest and Boyce had thought that, for a woman, that was peculiar. With every hour that passed, and they made it further through the forest, Boyce trusted that woman less and less. He couldn't tell this to Lloyd, however. His preoccupation with Grenadine would have made him unreasonable towards Boyce's views about her, so Boyce kept his thoughts to himself and kept his wits about himself. Lloyd and Grenadine talked to one another throughout the entire distance travelled since they left the rocky ledge where they slept last night. Lloyd had forgotten an agreement that they made way back in Besten when they chose this route. It was Lloyd's suggestion, too. "We should keep as quiet as possible when going through the Dark Forest. We won't draw as many wild animals to the sounds we make." Boyce remembered those words each and every time that Grenadine's bird-like laugh reverberated through the trees. There was huge crashing sound that came from their left side, and it wasn't far from them. They stopped in their tracks and silently waited.