A Legionnaire

You and Nacius quiet down as an Imperial Legionnaire walks into the room, he's wearing the same armor that Nacius was wearing before the first attack, he didn't have a helmet on letting you see his extremely rugged face, he had dark hair like Nacius but it was apparent that it was turning grey, you could make out a scar across his left eye. The Legionnaire looks to you and nods, you wave to him in response. He looks over at Nacius and nods to him before taking a seat next to his bed.

"Nice to see you two are awake, my men didn't think they would be able to get you to Skingrad in time." He tells Nacius, his voice sounded rough, gravelly almost.

Nacius sits himself up and moves his tray out of the way.

"I thank you for that sir, sorry about all of that by the way, we encountered trouble well before the wolf attack." Nacius replies.

"We saw that later, one Dunmer and one Argonian. They got you two good." The man says.

The Legionnaire looks over to you.

"Who might you be ma'am?" He asks.

"This one is called Sanna, Sanna La'bhi, she was travelling with Nacius all day yesterday." You tell him.

"Pleasure to meet you, I'm commander Luco, Nacius is one of my men." He introduces himself.

Nacius attempts to get out of bed again, his wound was still causing him some pain. Commander Luco noticed this and held his hand up to Nacius.

"No need to get up, I was just coming in to check on the two of you, the healers tell me that you'll be out for a good week or so Nacius."

"Sorry sir." Nacius apologizes.

"No need soldier, you protected this woman, as far as I'm concerned, you did your job perfectly." He says motioning to you.

Nacius laughs. "She saved me a few times as well back there sir, if it wasn't for her leg, she'd make a fine addition to the legion." He says.

"Nacius, you know Sanna isn't cut for that line of work." You say, laughing.

The legionnaire stands up, walking to the middle of the room.

"You saved Nacius here? Have you ever fought before?" He asks.

"No, unless you want to call small street scraps true fighting, this was Sannas first time using a dagger now that she thinks about it." You respond.

The Commander laughs then looks over to Nacius.

"You'll be pleased to know that your horse is safe and happy, he only took a bit to one of his hind legs, you have yourself a tough horse son." He tells Nacius.

"Thank you sir, I raised him with my uncle, he's a good lad."

"I'll say, he stirred up the patrol that picked you two up, if your horse wasn't actively leading us back to you two, I'm certain that the two of you wouldn't be here." The Commander says.

"Well I'll leave you two to heal, report to me whenever you're ready Nacius, I have more than enough men to fill your shoes while you heal up." The commander says slowly walking out of the room.

"Thank you sir, I'll be fine in no time, I'll work twice as hard to make up for it." Nacius says enthusiastically.

"No need, you did your duty, you protected Sanna here, as far as I'm concerned you deserve a little raise for your good work." The Commander says.

Nacius looks suspicious of the commander.

"A-are you serious sir?" He asks.

"I don't handle finances soldier, but I put in a good word with the people who do, you'll see soon enough I guess." The Commander responds.

"Thank you sir, truly!" Nacius says with glee.

"Now get back to rest soldier." The Commander says, giving a salute.

"Yes sir." Nacius responds, saluting him back.

The Commander leaves the room, as soon as you hear the door shut you look over to Nacius who was looking at you.

"If I do get that pay raise, i'll split it with you." He says cheerfully.

"No no! That is your money, Sanna is going to get a job after this, then get her own shop!" You tell him.

"No, I insist, I owe you." He says.

"No! That is your money Nacius! Sanna will make her own money!"

"At least let me help you out for a while, you have almost nothing to your name Sanna, let me just get you financially up and running, please?" He asks.

You ponder this offer for a moment, you really needed the money, but it didn't feel right to take from Nacius, even if he was offering.

"Let Sanna think about it, it wouldn't feel right taking from you." You tell him.

"Fine...fine, we have lots of time here after all." He responds.

The two of you sit in silence for a moment, you take some drinks from your water bottle and finish eating the venison you've been slowly eating away at for the past few hours.

"So where do you plan on staying after you heal up?" Nacius asks.

"Sanna doesn't know, she figures she'll look for work at an inn or something and get a discount on a room there." You reply.

"I have my own place just outside of Skingrad, nothing special, and since I'm always out on patrol I don't use it much, you're welcome to stay there." He says.

"Are you sure? Sanna can pay you rent." You say.

"No need, it's what friends are for." He says before a wide grin forms on his face.

"Though I think it's safe to say we are now more than just friends, eh Sanna?" He says

You laugh and feel your tail curl up.

"Yes, she supposes so."

The two of you sit in silence for a while, eventually you doze off while reading A Tragedy in Black...

Some time later you are woken up by the sound of someone barging into the room!