Together, the ten of them hauled every beast carcass out of the cave and buried them. There were still more corpses along the riverbanks, but since the sun was already setting, they decided to return to the village.
Once back, Emir and Mohan went straight to the village chief to report the news. Gara didn't stick around to hear the rest. He went home to wash up. Still, he was certain the chief would be overjoyed.
Over the next week, the Liners and guards made trip after trip to the mountain, gathering and burying the carcasses far from the spring. They also used Gara's Vena Pills to cleanse the water. There weren't many pills, but since they were dropped upstream, the flow slowly purified the river below on its own.
