In the joint Goldcrest-Yino camp...
The abyssal soldier clearly remembered what had happened during transport.
The flyer who had been carrying the wounded tracker alongside him had developed small golden marks on his neck and arms, spores spreading slowly from the points of contact like a creeping infection.
"That's when I realized," he explained to the Yino officer taking his report. "My arm had completely recovered after the first contact with the infected. The abyssal energy had burned away the spores, but shortly after it had recovered, I suppose thanks to the abyssal mana core being in the center of our torso..."
The officer, a middle-aged man, took notes meticulously.
"So you decided to use more energy from your beast once your arm 'healed' to help your companion."