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| Kitty immediately turned back to her friend as she slowly regained consciousness. Her eyes remained unfocused for quite some time and the words she mumbled were unintelligible to Kitty. Mikael returned to her side as she and Helfer anxiously watched the giantess.

"Probably Jel," Mikael noted. "If only Muz-Ra were here."

Then finally Ubergard's delirium seemed to pass and she looked squarely at Kitty. "Water?" was the first word she managed, and Mikael ran out to get some.

She then turned to Helfer and, for the first time in their acquaintance, Kitty saw fear on the big Argonian's face. She let out a screech the likes of which Kitty had never heard before and promptly fell unconscious again. Even Helfer herself appeared shocked at the outburst and broke down in tears, crying "Ubergod" over and over. | | | Upon returning to the room, Mikael found Kitty holding not Ubergard, but Helfer.

"What is it? What happened?" He asked, looking from the pair back to Ubergard who was once again laying inert but breathing deeply.

"She hates me. My Ubergod hates me!" Helfer sobbed.

"She doesn't hate you, Helfer. She doesn't even know you yet. She just wasn't expecting to see a stranger so close, I'm sure. Mikael, take Helfer outside for a few minutes. I'll try to bring Ubergard around again. | | | Helfer didn't protest as Mikael led her out of the room. Then Kitty tried to revive Ubergard again. This time she was successful and Kitty gave her the water that Mikael had left.

"Here you go, Uber."

"Kitty? Where am I? Wha.... OW!" she suddenly shouted, having touched the livid scars on her face.

"Relax Ubergard, but don't touch that. You fell off the mountain. You'd lost a lot of blood and we brought you to the inn here in Morthal." | | | "Fell? How?"

"No idea. I thought you'd know!! We found you at the bottom. Oh Ubergard, you'd lost a lot of blood but there was a Khajiit there that saved your life with a health potion. She's been at your side since we found you."

"A Khajiit?"

"Yes. Her name is Helfer. You don't remember?"

"A Khajiit? I don't recall any Khajiit. The last thing I remember... Well... The last thing I remember was Mikael."

"Mikael? What about him?" | | | "He... well. He had his face in my boobs. But he certainly didn't intend to. He just woke up that way."

"Your... really? Well he'd better not have intended to."

"He didn't. Don't tell him I told you. I know it was an accident."

"But, you don't remember anything after that? Going outside?"

Ubergard thought for a minute, accidentally touching her face again. "OW! Damn that hurts." She said, sitting up. Then she realized. "Oh, Kitty! What do I look like?" | | | Kitty smiled a sympathetic smile. "Well, now you look more like a warrior anyway. Oh don't worry about that Uber. You've got some scars on that side, but it's not so bad. How do you feel?"

Ubergard lay back down on the bed. "Dizzy. Sorry Kitty, I don't remember anything after that."

"Uber... when you woke up just a few minutes ago, Helfer was in bed watching over you. You screamed. It scared the life out of her. Hell it scared the heck out of me! You sure you don't remember her? She really was concerned about you, you know. I think she likes you."

"And you say she saved my life? Where is she?"

"I had Mikael take her out to the tavern." | | | "Well, please let her back in. I want to thank her. I can't imagine why I'd do that."

"Sure. Just wait here. I'll bring her in."

A few minutes later, Kitty brought a timid and nervous Helfer across the doorway. In a soft voice, not daring to enter too far, she whispered, "Ubergod"?

At her voice, the Argonian looked up. For a moment, the look of fear entered her face again, but then she closed her eyes and shook her head. When she looked up again, her face was back to normal. "Hello... Helfer?"

"Ubergod? Is it alright? Can I come to you?" | | | "Of course, Helfer. I owe you my life. I'm sorry about before. I'm was not thinking very clearly yet. Come, sit beside me. I was very lucky to have you find me."

"I... I would love to sit with you," Helfer said, practically trembling with delight. "Kitty says you are Ubergard, but I see Ubergod. That is my name for you. Is it alright for you?"

Ubergard laughed, then winced has the scars reasserted their presence. "Certainly. You can call me anything you like."

"Thank you Ubergod. You can call me Helfer. I will be your Helfer. We will be together." | | | Ubergard looked questionably at Kitty, but she could only shrug.

Mikael returned then. Seeing Helfer at Ubergard's side, he relaxed. "Oh. Nice to see you back Ubergard! You scared us for a bit. I see you've met Helfer. You're a tough old lizard though. Anyone else falling from that height would be dead for sure!"

Ubergard looked down at her armor. "Saved me again, I suspect. That and my friend here. I only wish I had a helmet made of the same stuff!" she said. "But tell me, Mikael, and be honest. How do I look?"

Mikael looked at Kitty, but got no help from her. "Ubergard, you'll always have scars there. I can't lie about that. But I don't know what your kind think of such things or how you'd look to others. Yet I can say without reservation that it's really not that bad. Later I'll get you a plate and you can see for yourself." | | | "Later? There's no need to stay here. I'll be ready to go in just an hour or two, I'm sure."

"There's no rush Ubergard. Let's just stay overnight and we'll see how you feel in the morning."

"Yes. And I will stay with you, Ubergod. I will make you sleep better. You need comfort before you leave," Helfer added. "One night you will stay with Helfer. Maybe more?"

"If you want to stay with me, Helfer, it's the least I can do." | |