"Can it live? If we heal it enough that it can fend for itself, will it simply attack us again on our journey back?"

Varech is cleaning and sheathing his weapon as he speaks. "It seems needless to finish it, but half-hearted compassion is often little different from cruelty. Surely, we must either help it heal, or kill it cleanly.

"Gelu, Jorr, do you know anything of these beasts? Will it let us help it, or lash out again? I confess I do like the thought of leaving such a creature here, friendly to us, as an obstacle to the hobgoblins..."