" The sleeping draught began to take effect. Idita blew out the candles on the table. Just the torchlight from the courtyard shone into the room. “You will heal, Mauro,” she promised.
He lay down on the cot and looked up at her through half-closed eyes. He knew she did not mean his arm. “I know I will. "

― Jillian Bald , The House of Baric Part One