Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20141107033353/@comment-12599067-20141120010544

(Well, I'd meant for Veranwen to have her drink the potion, then take out the arrow and heal the wound, but Conall took out the arrow before she drank it, I wasn't exactly sure of what to do. Although looking back on it, I see now that it said she "was able to drink it" and not that she did drink it. But on the better side of it, the potion doesn't cause widespread numbness. It was made by an expert alchemist who happens to live in surprisingly close proximity to their employer, so it'll cause numbness around the wound but not throughout the entire leg.)

Veranwen shifted uncomfortably the minute Kasra mentioned her silence, and her rather bold question earned a frown and furrowed brow from Ranwulf. He hesitated for a moment, then looked down to Veranwen, who turned to look back at him at about the same time. They held one another's gaze for a curious moment of silence before Veranwen finally gave a small nod. Ranwulf hesitated before turning his attention back to Kasra.

"Well, she's not mute, if that's what you're thinking," Ranwulf began. "And it's not that she can't talk, either. She can, but she doesn't like to. Her voice is...," he trailed off, trying to find the right word.

"Broken," Veranwen answered him in a rough whisper. Her voice was remarkably soft and it sounded as if the inside of her throat was made of sandpaper.

"Broken," Ranwulf nodded. "But not gone. I'm not sure if it can be healed, though, and even if it could be, it would still take a while before she could speak normally again," he said with a glance to Veranwen, who was now sitting cross-legged on the floor, looking quite forlorn. She didn't give him any motions to stop talking or continue, so Ranwulf decided to wait and see if Kasra wanted clarification before he said anything more.