He walked over towards the lean-to where Rigmor had been recovering. She was sitting up but holding herself where she had been wounded in the fight, she had with Thalmor. He looked at her and said, “Good morning, Rigmor!” She flinched at the happy greeting and replied gruffly, “Where’s my stuff? What happened and who are you?”
He smiled a bit at her gruff response and replied, “You were hurt. In fact, you almost died.” She said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to sound so ungrateful. How did I get here?” He smiled, walked over closer to her, and bent down on one knee so he could talk with her, not down to her.
He then replied, “I carried you here.” There was a quiet assessment of trust trying to find its place between them. She replied, “I was falling after being injured, that’s the last thing I remembered before everything went dark.”
He thought for a moment, then replied, “How are you feeling? Do you know were Rose went?” She rocked back and forth a bit holding onto herself then said, “Darn, I hurt! I guess I’ll be okay though. Is that her name, Rose?”
He then replied, “Yes, how long has she been gone, and did she say she was going into Riverwood?” Rigmor responded, “She’s been gone over an hour now, said as I was sitting up, she wanted to go into Riverwood and check on a few things including whether the Thalmor were still around. “
He said to her, “I am going to go into Riverwood and check on Rose to make sure she’s okay. “She replied, “What about me? If something happens to you, I’ll die out here alone with no one to help me.”
He chuckled, “You’ll be fine, I shouldn’t be gone long, and no one knows you’re here outside of Rose and me. She told me last night before going to sleep she wanted to pick up your cuirass today.
Rigmor replied, “My cuirass?” He responded, “Yes it was damaged in the battle you had with the Thalmor.” I took it into Riverwood to have the smithy there repair it.
Here, please take a few sips of this water, I’ll leave it with you and here some of the breakfast stew it looks like Rose threw together. I should be back by midday with Rose.”
Rigmor replied, “Just be careful okay, I need you both to come back, to help me if you can, if you want to?” He replied as he stood up and began walking to the boat, “Of course we want to, we’ll l be back soon.”