PoV: Aurea Annes
I wake up feeling a bit groggy.
There's something soft and warm on my side, but I'm on a cold and hard surface.
Where am I?
There is a ceiling over me. A stone ceiling. I'm not in the Barrens, then...
The Barrens...
Ah, yeah... We went to a dungeon. This is the ceiling of the dungeon.
The scorpion!
Wait, how am I not dead?
I can smell the scent of blood. Lots of blood.
I raise my left hand so I can see it. As I suspected, it's completely soaked in blood. But the blood is dried already, so it's like a crust over my skin and clothes.
Wait, why am I not feeling pain? I remember, my foot...
I try to move my feet, and they are both there. I am even able to feel one foot with the other. The left foot is just without its boot.
Was it all a dream, after all?
No, but the blood is here and very real. And the boot is not there.