But stopping the bleeding means you can prolong the fun. D:
Also, my other ally is now reduced to having only one good hand, and having to use it for a crutch. There are NO other settlements aside from the starting two towns, and the scattered hamlets we're headed towards. Gonna be a long trek. Thamkfully, the few times my pal has been forced to rejoin the fight, he's proven decent at using that crutch I gave him as a weapon. Damn good thing I carved it from rather dense treant wood.
Rather poetic too, that the creature responsible for one companion's death ends up helping the other survive.