Litany's ears tilted, and he caught the sound of ragged, heavy breathes. A shambling gait, hooves against stone - shining, predatory eyes in the dark.

It must be Creature! He stood up, feeling much less concerned - and caught a faint reflection of Shield's eyes in the dark, much less shining then Creature's.

"Creature! Shield! It's- you were gone a while, what happened-?" He cut himself off before he finished as they came closer into view, lit by the faint glow of his crystal. Creature was panting louder then was natural for it - and there were gouges in it's shoulder, and sides. Shield looked better for wear, with only a scratch on one foreleg.

He was attempting loosely to keep the Creature upright, then tried to nudge it into a laydown. His snout brushed the wound on it's shoulder when he did so - and It whirled, snapping jaws - teeth only scrapping the shield currently around Shield's neck.

It snorted a horrid sound, and stamped It's hooves, then settled down limbs tucking up under it's gaunt shape.

A moment later, there was a heavy thunk-thunk on the stones behind them - but Shield only slightly turned it's head, as what looked to be a chest at first, until you noticed the teeth, and what looked to be the Fungi creature's limp slowly being chewed and pulled into it's jaws. A chest mimic.

It ignored Shield and Litany entirely, shuffling up on small nearly entirely hidden clawed feet, and settled still at Creature's hip.

"What is-"

"...Chest mimic. Came out of an alcove when we killed the thing, and was- It was odd, it. Well it seems to like 'Creature'." Shield clearly had had more urgent matters to be concerned about, and not enough time to fuss about the scuttling thing.

"..Ah- and-?" Litany cast a meaningful stare at the scratch on Shield, and then Creature in turn.

"Your... double. The fungi mimic. It- There were sort of bony spurs, and hooked bits, around the... mouth, and on it's legs. It- your Creature's taken the worst of it." The fungi mimic, in mimicry of Litany, would most certainly have killed him and left it's young, it's spores nestled safe inside the nutrient source, tucked away.

Litany swallowed. He- ... he could help this, at least. He was not a good fighter, or a good leader - he'd be a terrible lord, he felt - but he had some magical talent, largely in the method of healing. His own parent, Exception, had taught him a bit of herbal remedies too.

"I-... I'll do you first, so you can help me... if we need to, to keep him still." Shield nodded and lowered himself, holding out the scratched foreleg - it was simple enough that Litany just nudged the crystal on his necklace to it, closed his eyes and hoped. The herbs, he'd have to use for Creature - when it would let them touch it.

They'd be alright. They all had to be alright.