No one in the room had ever encountered someone who bore such a resemblance to a corpse while still clinging to life.
Katerina sat next to Alix's head and took great care to rid his pale skin and golden hair of the monster blood that stained it. When he was clean, his face was surprisingly peaceful compared to the way the rest of his body looked.
Commander Lothian was mostly surprised at the state of Alix's head considering the dent that was in his helmet after barely surviving such a fall.
The Idonian mage then dried and brushed the knight's hair, braiding it away from his face so that it wouldn't interfere with the cuts and bruises being taken care of on the rest of his body.
