Worn Out Faces

Zenkai would breathe in, waiting for the bear to voice either confirming that he could look at her or denying him the opportunity. The boy waited, and soon the beast would shift onto her stomach, limbs stretched before her. This was what Zenkai took as the opportunity to look at her body. He wasn’t entirely sure he could help with everything, but he would do his very best to do what he could for the woman. At least, on the plus side, the water was right there for him to wash her wounds.

Most of them were scabbing over, but it couldn’t hurt to wash the dirt and grim away from them. He started with her shoulders, not so sure that he wanted to be next to her face. He would move from water source to the beast, dribbling water from his mouth over the wounds to wash them. What he couldn’t clean out with just the water he would use his tongue for, carefully licking over each cut while glancing at the bear. The moment she decided she wasn’t alright with this after all he was going to move.

From her shoulders he would move down to her legs, working with novice skill, but doing the best that he could for the woman. After a bit of time had passed he would pause, glancing at her. “What happened to you?”