[ She steps into the small room and takes a careful glance around, eyeing every single potential escape route she might have. A window, a single door. The furnishings are sparse but not inadequate, reminding her of her hovel after she had fled the house, and the thought makes her shiver a little bit. But Charles shows her where the stove is and she goes to get water into the pot, set it to boiling. She has very little in the way of a mortar and pistil, but what she has will have to do.

Alysia turns and sees him sitting, and she gives a critical eye to the injury he exposes. It's a nasty cut from a blade, slicing upwards, possibly as he tried to move. It's ghastly and will certainly become infected without some kind of help. She is of a mind to ask questions first and treat when he gives her answers, but the old adage holds true: 'you attract more flies to honey'.

So she approaches with care and crouches down to look closely at the bandage, frowning. ]

Can you remove it carefully, without tearing at the skin? We can wait until the water boils to dampen the bandage and pull it free easier.