Playing Doctor
04-24-2018, 06:29 PM
It seemed like the feral child wasn't going to be an impossible patient after all. Good. If he earned her trust it might be of some use later. By scent he knew which pack she belonged to. In fact, the only reason he was in the area was to pay her pack a visit. While mortal children in general weren't all that useful (presumably they held little sway in their packs) it didn't hurt to plant a seed anyway just in case. One day, somehow, that seed might be of use. Gently he placed the poultice on the girl's wounded leg and then patted it firmly in place. He then striped a small stick of its bark and used the stripes of bark to tie the lamb's ear bandage in place. It took some effort, and his paws were a bit too big and blunt for it, but after awhile he got the bandage secure enough keep it from sliding around. It definitely wouldn't hold up to rough housing, but if she was careful it would stay in place. Once satisfied he backed up a step and then sat down. "Alright, you're good to go." After a moment he offered, "If you want to impress your parents you can do all of that on your own. Remember, lamb's ear, yarrow and plantain." He pointed to each tiny pile of leftover herbs in turn. "I'd leave than on for a day and then take it off. You can either let the wound air dry if it looks better, or make another poultice for it." He thought about it for a second, considering how hard it might be for a novice to confidently identify something like yarrow. "If you can't find yarrow, chewed up dandelion leaves will work too. Just put a poultice on it once a day for the next two or three days and it will heal up just fine." |