He stood and removed his shirt revealing the bandage beneath. Ailene removed the wrappings around his torso showing the two pads over the wounds. She carefully peeled them away so as not to tear any scab which may have formed.

"Lachlan took a musket ball through the meat of his side. It didn't appear to strike any internal organs, at least I saw no signs of bile or any fluids but blood. There's no sign of blood in his chamber pot." She touched his forehead. "No signs of fever on this one either and the wound appears to be healing properly. I consider this one more dangerous than Tam's due...