Sitting here wishing

The silver woman had swallowed just a couple bites of the watery meat when she was approached by someone unfamiliar. The rich, russet color of the woman's face seemed to show a relation to Leo, and Bright instantly wondered if there was a connection. The pack scent was strong on the other lady, leaving no doubt that she was facing a pack mate, not someone she necessarily needed to be concerned about. Still, the shy woman stood and backed off just a little bit, her head lowered in deference as Amalia introduced herself. Bright offered a meek smile, her tail swaying in greeting as the bob-tailed woman introduced herself. As Bright put weight onto her hind right paw, she drew in a sharp breath as she realized something was not right in her ankle, and a stabbing pain shot through her leg. Had she hurt herself while hunting without realizing it? She supposed she had been a little too intent on finding prey quickly, not being careful enough on the sand and leaping up and down from the tangled mangrove roots.

She tried to ignore it for just a moment, but was pleased to hear that Amalia was the head healer. What an interesting chance meeting. "I'm glad to meet you Amalia," she said as she lifted up her hind leg to take the weight off of it, "My name is Bright Moon. I'd love for you to join me, please, have your fill!" She didn't intend to eat all of this to herself, and she was glad someone had found her to share in this scarce season. She motioned toward both the crab and the gull. It wouldn't be as satisfyingly filling as prey found in warmer seasons, but it was enough to stave off crippling hunger for now. Taking a deep breath, she wondered how she would bring up the pain she'd just realized in her hind leg. The woman said she was a healer, so surely if she mentioned the injury, they could deal with it soon? Yet for some reason Bright didn't want to bother her with this sudden ailment on their first meeting.

"S-so... you're the head healer in Fiori?" she asked, blinking with interest as she forced herself to ignore the pain in her leg, "I don't have much experience, but I'm very interested in learning about healing techniques. Right now I mostly just hunt when I can, I've always enjoyed catching prey." She'd been good at hunting since her very first lesson, and with her long, willowy build, she was fast and agile, while her narrow snout allowed her to seek out prey accurately by scent. Delicately holding her hind paw just off the ground, she wondered if this chance meeting would eventually turn into a lesson in her secondary skill interest.