Grendel left Lance and immediately sought out Boudica. Previously imprisoned by a Witch, Grendel was frightened, and in this strange and bizarre place, only Boudica, who was also from the Barbarian Tribes, could bring her a sense of safety.
It was clear that neither of them intended to rest; one didn't dare to sleep, and the other had slept enough. Their similar backgrounds made them feel even closer as strangers in a foreign land.
Their conversation naturally turned to Lance.
"How did you come to be here?"
Boudica lay in bed, her eyes covered with bandages because of the medicine being applied. The use of the Potion greatly eased her pain and allowed her finally to lie down comfortably.
Since she contracted the disease, the pain and blindness had tortured her. It reduced her, a person usually so energetic, to this state—a fate she found more unbearable than death itself.
