Licking Wounds

Licking Wounds is the twentieth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Inside the tavern, Haebin, wrapped in blood-soaked clothing, sits drinking as much blood as pours out of him to the floor. On the edge of consciousness, he is unable to distinguish what is going on around him. A drink is forced before him and he slowly recognizes Maire, and as he reaches for it she feels the chill on his skin and comments about his state. He attempts to dismiss it, but she declares that she is going for the surgeon. Soon after he senses Ysir heading upstairs with Soltas close behind her. Grabbing the scoutmaster's attention, he demands another drink.

Initially reluctant and annoyed, Soltas soon sees Haebin's state. Haebin notes that Soltas is still with them despite his previous declaration of wanting to leave, prompting Soltas to recall what was said beforehand and how Haebin called him a coward. Sweeping some of the blood from the table, he attracts Haebin's ire, but nothing else. He states quite confidently that he only has to worry if Haebin lives to see the morning, and that he will continue to operate under his own best interests. When Haebin starts making suggestions of ways he'd have Soltas killed, the scoutmaster quickly leaves. A voice at his side reveals that Maire overheard the whole discussion, and has returned with the surgeon.

A number of tools are pulled out and Maire is sent off to head up a metal used to cauterize. Haebin refuses the wood to stifle sounds of agony, and instead instructs the surgeon to ask no questions as he opens up the access to his skin and reveals an array of scars from thousands of years ago.

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