[It pains him to let it go, but it's maybe for the best. Thankfully Gnosis holds it carefully, and it doesn't take long for Min to stop checking in and let himself focus on pulling himself towards the river. It still isn't an easy task. He has few enough clothes he doesn't want to risk damaging them, and there are plenty of hidden stones or even pointy twigs that could cause him problems.

That, and his tail. The scales seem to offer more protection than his bare skin, but they aren't impenetrable, and being unused to it he doesn't see any option than to let it drag behind him like a dead weight. Occasionally it flops or twitches, but it's almost entirely unintentional and each movement makes him feel a jarring loss of his sense of self.

Conversation is awkward, but it's a welcome distraction even if it does make progress even more difficult. Or would be if it didn't immediately make him realize another issue with dragging himself down to the river.]

Ryan.

[Ryan doesn't know what's happened. He'll be expecting him back before long. He looks behind him, suddenly stricken.]

Maybe we should go back to town. It doesn't seem like I need water, and I'm more likely to find a cure if I can get back there.

[Town is significantly further. With Min moving at the pace he is it would take them hours.]