Hi, I Might Have Rabies

Rhythm perked slightly, her ears swiveling towards him as the boy cleared his throat and started again. He clarified that he had indeed been bitten by another wolf, which was obviously not the reason for his hesitation. The old healer twisted her features back towards the sound of his voice.

He managed to continue, telling her unbidden where the wound happened. With all his nervousness and hesitation she wasn't about to believe his half truths. He was a young man, and she wasn't as clueless as she looked. "How'd she get your ass?" she asked bluntly knowing by the scent that lingered that the perpetrator was female. She didn't have to put too many clues together to know she chomped his rump.