dig a tunnel dig dig a tunnel

Clearly, Eru had said the right things. Well, that was a relief. He was treading softly here, with not wanting to upset the mildly upset and crazed man but also not wanting to just bolt away. Yay, for success! He relaxed even further as the stranger did, and he returned the stranger's - Artisan's - greeting with a dip of his head himself. "I am Eru. Likewise, it is a pleasure to meet you." But was it really? He wasn't quite certain, but he'd take it. Maybe it would end up good; maybe it would not. Worth a try either way, and with the world the way it was he couldn't just avoid the infected forever. Still, though... this poor dude clearly was getting the brunt of it. His eyes flickered back down to the rubbed raw and bleeding legs and paws of the starry-coated wolf. It quickly became clear that there was a reason for those legs with Artisan's next words, and Tengu's dismay deepened. Damn, he wasn't a healer. He wasn't good at all with anything healing but he knew this wolf's paws needed to be wrapped... in something. Or at the very least, a break. Maybe he could do something about that.

Standing slowly, non-threateningly, and pausing to see a reaction, he nodded to Artisan's words. "I understand," he soothed quietly. He didn't, but what was the harm in a lie? "Perhaps you'd like to chat while digging? I can help if you'd like; it would go faster with two." He'd watch himself with digging, of course, but maaaybe he could get the wolf to slow down a bit if he uh, had some help.

"Speech" "You"