it's in my B O N E S

It was almost winter, and everything would need to be stored correctly in order to make it through the cold months. She had been gathering, drying, digging out new shelves in the storage den and trying to source a door to keep the damp out. She was working on a low shelf, digging it further back to make more room when the knock came. She stepped backwards and almost right onto Otis, starting up in an attempt to keep pressure off her foot without falling over, she smacked her head on the hard earth above. "Fucksake!" she muttered, hoping the sound didn’t quite make it past the den entrance.

With her opossum out from under her feet, he scrambled up onto her back as she attempted to shake some of the dust from her head. A smudge still remained in the center of her forehead but she had no way to see or rectify it. Eyes squinting in annoyance at the edges, brow drawn down and mouth scowling she all but stomped towards the person that had knocked. Couldn’t he see she was busy? All healers were busy at this time of year. "Wha’der’yer’want n’?!" Her exasperated holler cut off when she spotted the knocker. She had been expecting to see Naiche with another tear or someone missing an eye. A questioning look was given to the giant of a man, all vivid colours and small antlers sticking out of his face... But it didn’t look like an injury, they were obviously meant to be there. Outwardly he looked fine.

The scent of Ashen put her on edge, but she tried not to let her nervousness show. "Sorry, I thought yer might be a regular pain in the ass." His markings kinda reminder her of Hanako, was this guy some sort of relative of hers? But then, wouldn’t Hana have bought him to her if he was? "I’m Sedna, what’s yer problem?" She wasn’t always great with patients, especially if the injuries were self-inflicted by stupidity, and it wasn’t until the words left her mouth that she realised they could have two meanings. Well, she wasn’t going to babble now just because he could probably crush her under his ass if he wanted to. People should have genuine need to come to her, the least they could deal with her attitude.

"speech".