“They are alive,” Ulo said, anticipating the next question Roku couldn’t voice, “but injured. They were able to bend enough moisture around themselves to cool their bodies so you didn’t bake them alive. Of course, when the last droplets of water evaporated, so did their protection. Thankfully, we knew something was wrong because the fog had lifted, and we arrived in time to get them—and you—to our healer before it was too late.”
