by Hopeflower » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:06 pm
Steeltalon glanced uncertainly at the flames, then at Switchblade, who was in no condition to move. Eventually the fire would be put out by the rain, which was coming down so hard now that Steeltalon could barely see Switchblade a foot from her snout. "It'll be fine," she barked weakly, her voice more rasping than it had been. Yelling now would possibly damage her throat permanently. She continued to clean Switchblade's wounds, drawing her tongue soothingly over the burns and eventually getting off all of the soot. By now, the flames were out and the storm was beginning to ease off, though not by much. Steeltalon got up shakily and snatched up some moss from the base of a nearby tree. She soaked the moss in the stream and walkned back over to Switchblade, gently cleaning the wounds further before laying the moss beside her head. "Don't move," she advised quietly. "You're in no condition."
Silver nodded shakily and forced her numb with shock limbs to move, kicking a thin covering of leaves and grass over the eggs to conceal their scent and keep them hidden. She stood fully and started running all-out towards Steeltalon's caves, fearing the worst.
Raven coughed more violently than Steeltalon had, and his eyes widened before he dashed off behind a bush and retched. It wasn't his meal that had come up, but quite a large amount of blood. He hardly heard Steeltalon ask, "Raven? What's wrong?" The dark gray male coughed again, sending more blood onto the ground.
"Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come."
"Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you're willing to practice, you can do." ~ Bob Ross
"The future is always uncertain and painful but it must be lived." ~ Unknown