"To think this was all you humans had, rather disappointing, really." A tanned woman with horns on the side of her head said as she turned away from the dead hero. The horns stem from her temples and bend back a few inches before curling into a point that faces forward.
Minerva stared forward as she attempted to comprehend what had happened. 'Rowan...' She thought. 'He... He fell...' She continued as her heart began to speed up. Hesitantly, she took a step forward to get closer to Rowan, the hero she had followed for nearly a decade.
The body in view, but not close enough to interact with, she slowly stepped forward, hesitant and fearful. Once within a few inches of the motionless corpse, she dropped to her knees as a few tears fell from her cheeks.
"Ro... Wan..." She said quietly as she reluctantly reached out to touch his face where his eyes laid open. "Rowan!" She screamed as tears began to roll down her cheeks faster and her hand touched his face lightly, feeling the cooling body.
"Minerva..." Lyle said as he put his hand covered in plate mail on her shoulder.
"No...!" She screamed loudly as a green light began to emit from her hands.
"Minerva... He's gone..." Lyle said with a pained expression, clearly worried about the woman before him.
"No! I... I can...!" She screamed through her tears as she cast spell after spell. "I can... I can Save him...!" She said with a determined, yet solemn tone as she wiped away her tears, pushed away Lyle's hand, and began to cast spells manically.
"Minerva!" Lyle yelled. She snapped out of her spell frenzy and looked at the body before her again. After a few seconds, she could feel tears begin to grow in her eyes.
"Go away!" She yelled as she hit her hands on the ground next to the body. "Go! Leave me alone! Let me..." She continued yelling as she began to cry again. "Let me try..." She said grimly. "Please..." She added.
"Minerva... He's gone..." Lyle said with a solemn tone "Rune's waiting for us..." Lyle said hesitantly.
"Leave without me... I just... Give me some time... Please..." Minerva said with the same grim tone and expression as before.
"We'll be waiting on the edge of the wastes..." Lyle said with a quiet and soft voice. After no response came, he walked away.