Only dead fish follow the stream

Álarr set the bandage aside and began to repeat the process on the remaining chunk of hide. Slowly he started ripping again until he had another piece. All the while he pondered if there was an easier way to do this. Would it be better to tear the hide before tanning when it was still fresh? He might need to experiment if he could get more hides from the hunters. He nodded and smiled at the woman. "Yea, I'm training to be a healer so I can help warriors on the battlefield. You can use them a lot of different ways but normally you put a poultice of herbs on them, place it on the wound and then secure it. You can tie it kind of like this." He set his left fore arm on the middle of the bandage pulled one end up with his jaws and then maneuvered the other with his right paw until he tied a knot. "I have a raven whose better at tying than I am but basically like that. You can also dab on some resin to secure it but then its really hard to get off."