'Ah…my head.'
Gwin tried to rub his temple only to realize he had been bound by a thick rope.
'What the?'
Why was he tied up? Had Elena done this? And if so why? As his eyes adjusted to the dull light of the cloudy sky Elena called out to him.
"Are you fully awake?"
What did she mean? Or course he was awake if he was literally looking at her! She was sitting in front of him criss-cross with her armor and sword memories equipped. He nodded groggily, still reeling from his pounding headache.
"Are you still trying to kill me?"
'Huh? What is she talking about?'
He tried to remember doing anything like that but his memory was all foggy. In fact…he couldn't remember a lot of things. He could remember the important things like his family and where he was but everything else was fuzzy. He even struggled to recall his name for a moment.
Seeing his confusion she dismissed the rope memory binding him but still kept her swords near.
"Do you remember last night?"
Suddenly Gwin's face flushed red.
'L-Last night?! Did something happen between us last night?? AGH! Why can't I remember?!'
Seeing the look on his face Elena scowled and threw a small rock at him.
"Wipe that disgusting look off of your face you mutt. Last night you tried to kill me after an abomination from the sea convinced you to."
Her voice was harsh and annoyed.
Had he really done that?
"Of course I subdued you with ease but I need to know that you aren't still under its spell and that you aren't going to stab me as soon as I turn my back on you."
Suddenly he felt annoyed.
{If I were, I wouldn't waste time listening to you ramble. I'd have already killed you by now.}
He signed annoyedly.
"Tsk…as if you could….whose voice was that anyways?"
{I don't remember all of it but I think I heard my mom}
"…"
Her expression was unreadable for a second before she gave him a wry smirk.
"So you're a mama's boy huh?"
Her tone was mocking.
{What's wrong with that?}
Gwin winced as he tried to sign quickly while unaware of the deep gash on his fingers. His movements had opened the wound again causing it to paint the bandages on his hands red.
"I did what I could with what I had but if you want it to close up you'll have to do it yourself."
Gwin held out his right hand and summoned the [Kiss of Kesh]. Elena eyed it with curiosity as he clumsily opened it with his injured hand.
This next part was going to hurt.
After setting the container on the ground and undoing the bandages he dipped his finger inside and began the process of inserting the milky white cream into the inside of his deep cut.
He hissed from the pain of spreading his wound and even felt the bones of his fingers. After an excruciating couple of minutes he finally managed to completely heal his cut fingers. He spared only a small portion of the contents of his memory to apply to his aching head. The pain subsided by a bit but the underlying pain was still there.
Elena had watched all of this with morbid fascination. She didn't blink an eye when he dug his fingertips into the cut yet Gwin could have sworn she looked remorseful for just a moment. He must have been imagining things though.
After finishing he noticed Elena was taking a swig of her water memory and held his hand out expectantly. She tossed it over to him and he drank greedily before handing it back.
{What happened after you tied me up?}
"After you passed out it tried to control me next. Luckily I'm not so easy to convince so I didn't brutally murder you."
{Yeah thanks}
He signed, his sarcasm apparent.
{Do you have a spare weapon memory?}
He asked, trying to change the subject.
"Why would I give you anything? So you can try and kill me with it?"
'I hope I got at least one hit on her last night' He thought vindictively.
{Think logically. We can't stay in this obelisk anymore. We have to move somewhere else and I refuse unless I have a weapon.}
"You think I don't already know that? While you were sleeping I was planning our route to leave."
{What about that weapon though?}
"…Fine."
She relented and held out her hand. Gwin took it eagerly and felt a spark travel from her hand to his which then traveled up his arm and below his heart where it entered his soul.
[You have received a memory]