I wanna get better

Her ears flickered at Leo's whine, but she didn't move. She didn't even turn her head, her breathing coming in shallow gasps as she fought to maintain herself. It was far too late for that now though, wasn't it? Amalia was able to maintain her tears, all until Leo nosed her shoulder and plopped down beside her. Her tiny body quivered, and the flood gates opened. Turning her head into her brother she sobbed, hardly hearing his words over all the sound that she was making. She shook her head back and forth rapidly, not able to form words at the moment. It wasn't his fault, he was defending his pack, his home land. All of their home. What would have happened if Bacchus would have won? Would he have forced all the old Fiori members to stay, keep them locked up within the borders? She shuttered at the thought, letting her tears soak into his orange fur.

When she was finally able to somewhat calm herself, her russet head lifted to seek out his blue gaze. A shuttering sigh left her lips, tears still slowly making their way down her cheeks. "No Leo, no. This is not your fault, not at all," she started, trying to smile. It faltered, her lips falling slack once more. "Mom told me that it wasn't my fault, but seeing Bacchus standing there..." she shuttered at the memory, dark blue eyes filling up again. "I couldn't help but feel like I brought this on myself some how. I should have raised him better, or... or been there for him! When he didn't come back from his trip for so long I didn't even go out and look for him. I just assumed that he was okay. I failed him as a mother," she whispered. She fell silent for awhile, not able to work out any more words.

Several moments passed, and she shook her head sharply. Raising herself to her paws, she walked over to her herbs. Get it together girl. Looking back at Leo, she put on the act, forcing a smile. "Now! Enough of that. Let me see to your wounds. We wouldn't want them to get infected now, would we?" she asked with a giggle, but even to her own ears it sounded lackluster. Fake. She shook herself again, busing herself looking for the proper medication. She grabbed a touch of dried bonset to ease his muscles, they had to be sore after that fight. Plopping it down at her paws she moved across her dug out shelves, thinking as she did so. Did she need dandelion root? Glancing over at Leo, she shook her head to herself. No, not inflamed enough for that. Perhaps if they acted up a bit. Although, it could ease up any bruising he may have received. Looking back over her shoulder with slightly narrowed eyes, she looked him up and down. "Any bruising?" she asked. With all that fur, there was no way to tell. Turning around without waiting for an answer, one ear turned towards him, she moved on. Horsetail, where was her horsetail? The wounds on his neck needed to be patched up. Hmm. Ah! There it was. Grabbing a stock in her teeth she dropped that at her paws, carefully using her back leg to kick it towards Leo. Was that all she needed? The bleeding wasn't too bad anymore, she wouldn't need any cobweb to cover that up. Maybe some lambs ear for his lesser wounds....

"Burn Baby Burn"