Carina

That's not because of weird squirrels," he said matter-of-factly. "That's because animals are conscious creatures, like us."

"Did you know squirrels on Earth are basically extinct?" he said as they continued to ride along and a squirrel skittered past them on an overhead branch. "I say basically ...

"If you say so," he said softly.

Elias looked over with her with narrowed eyes, maybe because she called him Eli. But his eyes softened with empathy. "You really shouldn't ride a horse if it's exerting you ...

Elias turned to dig through the saddlebag on top of Mellie, but couldn't seem to find it. He then trotted Mellie over to Evan so he could reach the saddlebag ...

He laughed through his nose, but seemed to pocket the dagger anyways. He then bent down to grab the remaining of the supplies and headed back to Mellie to put ...

"Of course, princess," he said, bending down to grab the dagger in the puddle. "Wouldn't want you digging up gross daggers in pools of blood." "Keep talking and that's where ...

"And we'll be eating spinach tonight," he went on anyways, ignoring her comment. "Because you need more iron from the lost blood."

"I think it's safe to say that we pause on the training," he said as he watched her struggle to put the sword away. "Also, here." He handed her the ...

Elias rolled his eyes and laughed. "Okay, I'll get you the sword even though you didn't say please or ask. But only because you saved my life." He picked up ...

"Here, I'll show you so you can copy me," Elias continued to tease. He looked at her with a pout, arched eyebrows, and big eyes. "Please?" He then dropped the ...

Elias seemed to study her in the brief pause. "What's wrong?" he asked. She gestured vaguely at her sword, just in front of her toes. "It's so far away." "Ah." ...

"Of course," he said, putting all the medical supplies back in one container and then standing back up. He extended out an arm for her to take. She took a ...

Elias smiled gently at her and then put away all the stitching supplies. "It's been a while since I did that, so I hope you can move okay. I can ...

He nodded and firmly held her arm perched on his kneeled knee, scraping off the gauze and then starting. The needle punctered the end of the gash as he started ...