there be monsters out here

It was only when Erystotle spoke to him that his rage fully depleted. The quiet tones brought Chimera's gaze to the man and the look in his eye softened instantly. The galactic marked man had been injured. There was blood upon him and Chimera knew that it hadn't been blood from the kill. There was a dazed look about Erys and his slender frame began to quiver and shake.

Closing the distance between them, Chimera didn't mind the blood or gore on his coat. He didn't care that Erys might be opposed to getting dirty. With one thick foreleg, the giant man pulled the smaller into his embrace, holding him tightly. "Did he... harm you?" It was the easiest way that Chimera could ask whether or not the galactic man had been taken against his will. Raped, so to speak. That was the first thing that had popped into his mind when he'd seen the pair together and that was what he feared. Some irreparable damage to the small man. The surface wounds would heal, but something internal would be more difficult. Something emotional would be difficult as well.

Leaning back just a bit, Chimera inspected his wolf, noting the cut over his eye and the bite wound. To staunch the blood, the two-toned beast leaned in and gently pulled his tongue over first the wound on Erys' face, then the wound on his shoulder, making sure that the blood had stopped on both and that they were clean of debris. His licks were surprisingly tender as he worked so as not to hurt the man further. " We need to get you to a healer," he spoke softly, still keeping the smaller brutes body against his own.

Prompting Erys to walk with him, Chimera began leading him back towards the ferry. As they walked, Chimera reflected upon the whole situation. Erystotle could have been lost. That's what he kept coming back to. Had Chimera not been on the mainland... had he not been fast enough to reach the scene... Erystotle could have been lost. The behemoth stopped in his tracks, staring hard at the smaller wolf as he moved. When had he become important? The answer was easy: From the very moment that Chimera had found him on that ship. He'd felt drawn to the man from the very first. Having something happen to him, losing him... it made Chimera feel things that he'd only felt about those that he loved. Family.

"I'd like you to stay on the island," he spoke in low tones. " If you want to go to the mainland... take someone with you." He would tell the same to Siren, Aliana and anyone else who wasn't a fighter. He wanted them all safe. If there was one, there was a possibility that there would be more. He wouldn't risk losing any of them.

"Chimera Klein"