Even here?

The woman stepped closer to look at Ashmedai's paw. Ashmedai chanted in his head, "Please don't bite me. Please don't bite me."

She took a little while, but not too long. Ashmedai felt like she was assessing the situation, but she didn't take long enough that she seemed clueless or that maybe his paw was about to fall off.

She asked him if he had been traveling a lot and Ash nodded, "I came here from Boreas, and that was pretty much after I scraped it against a rock. I clean it every night, though."

She said she might have something that could help and then just left. Ashmedai tilted his head. Did she just leave a stranger at the border? Oh well, he wasn't a threat anyway. Ashmedai sat and waited for her return, taking a moment to clean the injured paw.