Until You Put Me Down

Not being able to fully complete his usual rigorous list of duties was probably the hardest part about all of these injuries. He could put up with the pain and the periodic wrapping and treatments - but being cooped up and restricted in his movements was driving him crazy. They of course found some things to do - he mostly kept tabs on how their food stores were looking, did a little work on the training area he was trying to complete, and spent time with his children - at least the ones that wanted to spend time with him. Compared to the hours he would spend patrolling and all the time he would spend training or hunting or other various, more strenuous tasks around the pack... it felt like he was doing basically nothing. He knew it had to be part of the process in order to heal though and day by day his wounds were healing up and he was confident that he'd be back to his old ways soon enough. The only thing that was really holding him back now was his ribs and he knew that would take the longest of it all to fully heal.

He was walking back and forth from a pile of rocks he had gathered to the edge of the training area he had sectioned off form the rest of the courtyard when Aranea caught his attention with a bark. He sat down the rock he was carrying in its place in line with the others that created a border around the open rectangle, lifting his head to look at her curiously. It had become a normal part of their days to at least see each other occasionally so he wasn't exactly surprised to see her out here, but he was interested to see what she had on her mind since she seemed to have a sense of purpose to her stride. Once she asked about him having time to help with the greenhouse he had suggested a grin spread across his face. "Of course!" he agreed easily, happy to see that she was interested in bringing the idea to life. He thought that it'd be a helpful thing for all of the healers in the long run, but he selfishly had a hope that this would help prevent any far flung, dangerous missions to collect herbs that she needed.

He nodded and followed her gaze toward the wall of the castle where she had been considering putting the green house. "This spot over here actually gets some really good sunlight most of the time," he replied, walking over to the brick wall and leading her maybe a half dozen feet to the right of where she had pointed till they were just around the corner of this side of the castle. This was the side of the castle that got the majority of the sunlight in the morning and he imagined that was pretty important for growing plants - and keeping them warm in the winter. "Maybe we use some of those bigger wooden beams that got pulled out of that room toward the back of the castle and make some corner posts here and here-" he offered as he walked to where he imagined the front corners of the structure would be, pointing the spots out as his silver gaze shifted back to look at her. "I'd be easy enough to dig a couple holes big enough to sit them down into."

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