Don't Play Koi [Sirius]
04-14-2020, 06:31 PM
Dove almost nodded at the smaller wolf's assessment of Sirius' actions, but stopped himself just before he did. He was unsure how the woman might take his agreement that what Sirius had done, though likely saving Dove's life in the process, had indeed been foolish. Bast was gone again before he could conjure a reply, but Dove said nothing as he watched her leave on the Iolaire's orders. He merely looked at the woman when she introduced herself and didn't have it in him to release the flinch he would have had he been at full energy. As it was, he merely stiffened beneath the woman's sudden, uninvited touch and twitched at the lukewarm substance she smeared on his wounds. "I am Dove," he said finally, eventually. He nodded at her question "But your cottage is far, yes?" Dove was assuming that her home was, at the very least, in or near the territory she clearly called home. He gestured with a tip of his snout in the direction that would lead deeper into the mangrove forest. "It's not much, but I have a den with a pelt, a gift from Sirius' and Mortis' hunt. Would you prefer to have him there?" It would keep the injured man from being further exposed -- both to the elements and to any others who might happen by. He didn't know if the rogue had had companions with him, and if he did, Dove realized that this was a very bad spot to be indeed. A hollow chuckle floated up from Dove's lips, and he was thankful that the woman seemed to be mostly ignoring his state of mind rather than hyper-focusing it. Besides her brief invasion of space, it seemed to help a lot more than paying attention to him at all would have. He could hardly be truly annoyed with Sirius, though. The situation was the result of the other wolf answering Dove's desperate call. Had he been strong enough, knowledgeable enough, to handle the wolf on his own, perhaps this would not have come to pass. The guilt would be crippling later, when all of his wits were about him again. For now, though, it merely left a bitter taste in his mouth. He heard Sirius' words -- yet, as they hadn't been for his ears, Dove studiously ignored it, choosing instead to pay attention to woman's careful work. |
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