Even here?

Oooh, the woman corrected him immediately, saying the alpha was brave. That was very good to hear. It was nice to know the member, even if she had only been there for a season, had a lot of faith in the alpha.

Huh, so this lady was a healer. It explained her patience with him. She stepped closer, saying she may be able to help. Ashmedai turned and held out his back left paw.

"It's not bad, I don't think. I just scraped it a little and I usually heal by now from what I remember, so I wonder if something was wrong."

On his inner toe and paw pad, a cut ran clear across. The edges weren't fresh, but the inner wound was. It had been cleaned in the morning, but now it filled with grit from walking. It was pretty swollen, causing the separated, healed edges to pucker out slightly. Ashmedai could barely see any of that, much less read it. He just knew it hurt and wanted for it to be better. At the same time, he wasn't about to let a sore paw ruin his spring adventures.