Skadi slapped Aisha's cheeks a few more times, muttering frantically.
"Come on, come on, wake up already! Don't you dare die on us from brain shock, you genius idiot!"
When that didn't work, she snatched her waterskin and splashed its contents straight onto Aisha's face.
Aisha jolted upright with a startled gasp, blinking rapidly. Her soaked hair clung to her cheeks, and she looked around in utter confusion before her eyes landed on Cassius.
The moment they did, her expression froze.
She didn't speak. She didn't move. She just stared—like he wasn't a man but something vast and terrifying.
The look in her eyes was a mix of reverence and fear, the kind one would give to a god—or a monster.
Cassius shifted awkwardly "Uh...you alright there, Aisha?"
But she didn't answer.
Instead, she silently reached into her storage ring and pulled out a single sheet of silver-tinged paper etched with runes.
