Do you believe in Ice or Fire
Joe
06-07-2021, 12:23 AM
It was crystal clear that the girl took great pride in her studies as a healer, as was evident from his she announced her mother being a tenacious teacher to her. She did have the confidence in her that helped to reassure him some, and after following her direction to take a slow breath, Kumi began to gradually calm down again. Never would he thought his life would be in the paws of a small pup, yet here he was. Secretly he was grateful for her bravado, her bossy direction and take charge attitude. It made him feel like she had control of the situation despite her incredibly young age. Then again, he supposed being a seafaring voyager at just over a year was pretty impressive for himself as well. Moral of the story: don't judge a book by its cover.
The girl introduced herself by some ludicrously long and ornate name, but he had managed to get Kitsune and Abraxas out of it. Kitsune Abraxas—or Kit for short. He watched the way she behaved, moved, carried herself with curious eyes. Whoever her family was, they had clearly instilled a lot of value in formal decorum with her. The way she sat perfectly straight, the proud puff of her chest to present herself without seeming arrogant, head lifted and tilted at just the right angle. It was almost unsettling how robotic and automatic she performed each action—and then how humorous it was to see her slip back into her natural posture and mannerisms. He was getting whiplash from the shifts between Kitsune, but there were more pressing things to attend to. Like the piece of his raft still in his bleeding leg.
A small smile stretched over his muzzle when her small paw settled over his, his eyes marveling at the size difference between them before looking back up so pale blue eyes could meet her rich azure. "Well, if you're calling me Iho, then I'm gonna call you Kitty- AAAAAARRRGHH!" Kumi's retort was cut abruptly by an explosion of searing pain ripping through his leg the moment Kitsune pulled the driftwood spear from his leg. His vision blacked out and his body thrashed on the sand despite his best attempts to stay still for her. He could feel his heart thumping hard in his chest, each pounding beat pumping more blood freely out of the open wound in his thigh. Warm wetness ran down his skin in alarming amounts, but just as quickly as it started, he could feel cool moss soaking up the blood.
Kumiho was only vaguely aware of the voice of the other woman talking to Kit, and then to him. Her apology fell on deaf ears as the boy settled into a pained panting, blinking his eyes to try and refocus them, but then came the sting of saltwater against the open wound, and the injured wolf was squirming in pain again, almost howling in agony. Paws kicked and pushed against the sand, teeth clenched and bared in a silent snarl to try and keep himself quiet. He didn't want to attract any attention that might get Kitsune's father involved if he liked to kill her patients.
Kumi tried his best to hold on, but the pain was too much to handle. Coupled with the blood loss, the boy's mind could handle no more, and his body collapsed to the sand as he blacked out and lost consciousness again, finally silent and still.
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