Once released, her first order of business was to bathe and change, and that too helped her to feel a bit better. By the time she'd finished, still moving slowly as she was, it was the tail end of lunch, and she was able to squeak in just before the cut-off; though she was reasonably certain she'd have been given some wiggle room, on account of the fact that she was still recovering from her fishing-related accident and subsequent illness, she didn't want to push it.
After half a bowl of fishy broth and a small piece of bread (about all she could stomach in one sitting), she began the slow trek back to her hut. She'd not gotten far at all, though, when she began to feel light-headed. She had, after all, done quite a lot in the past candlemark or so - more than she had in days. Thinking better of ignoring it and trudging on, she decided to sit and wait for it to pass. Had Tiossith been awake and not napping on the fireheights, he'd surely have been fussing and insisting that she climb aboard and ride him down the beach, but quite frankly, she wasn't sure she trusted her balance - she was wont to topple over if she tried. No, she would leave him to his nap, and get where she was going in her own time.
Uta