Shar'tok finds Socio from the Arena floor. Covered in blood, arrows sticking from her back and ties. Big open wound on her back, sliced open.
Shar'tok doesn't explain how he is there, alive. Not yet. He tells Socio she has been away for days, Empire has been looking for him. He doesn't tell her, he has seen Socio from distance, sitting alone in middle of jungle, on back of Hakkar's raptor.
Shar'tok takes Socio away from the Arena, but Socio seems to be shocked. She isn't talking, she just stares into the distance and sometimes mumbles words of ancient troll language. Shar'tok feels helpless and doesn't know what to do. Socio gets fever. Her wounds get infected.
Finally Socio seems to get back a piece of her sanity, and she asks Shar'tok to take her away from the Vale. She has gone thinner already, and she looks pale and sick. Skin and bones, that's not her strong Socio. Socio's request is very unusual. Most of the members in the Empire don't tend to leave from the Vale unless they have to, and if they do they rarely go alone. But something in her voice, in her eyes tells Shar'tok he needs to act fast.
Shar'tok decides to take Socio to The Hinterlands. Forest trolls there have strong herbs wich can be used to care Socio's wounds. It's peaceful place, away from only human controlled areas. The trip will be long and exhausting, but what Shar'tok wouldn't do for his chosen one? He takes Sade and nessecary belongings, before carrying them to the goblin zeppelin wich flies them to the north.
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