Trouble Is My Middle Name~

Briar held pressure against Thorn's bleeding ear with the cloth despite her son's squirming and movement to get the bleeding to slow while Marigold gathered a few supplies, looking between her children as Dusk began to frantically explain how the wire that was caught up in her tail had been the weapon that had accidentally sliced through part of Thorn's ear. It was pretty much as she suspected, but of course in the eyes of little pups the event felt far bigger and more dramatic than it was. Yes, it was certainly a lot of blood and it was a more serious injury than a cut or scrape, but it wasn't life threatening by any means. Now that she was more confident in the source of all of this blood and that there wasn't any other threats other than irresponsible pups, Briar was able to relax a bit, a hint of a smile on her lips at her pups dramatics while Dusk sobbed and Thorn reassured her sister that he wasn't going to die.

"No one is dying and his whole ear isn't gone," she assured them both. Marigold reappeared then so she gently lifted away the cloth that she had held to the side of Thorn's head. The blood was starting to slow and clot a bit now so the wound was easier to see now and the antlered fox got to work cleaning up around his ear and applying some herbs to keep the wound sealed up until they could get home to stitch it together properly. Briar held Thorn still in the mean time and reached over to start untangling the wire from her daughter's tail. "This was a bad accident and it was very irresponsible, but now you know better, right?" she questioned Dusk as she pulled the wire free and tossed it aside, giving her a gentle smile she she slipped a paw under her and lifted her up to put her at her side, leaning her head down to press a kiss to Dusk's cheek and then to Thorn's. "Everyone is okay. Thorn's ear is just going to be missing a bit off the top, but it'll heal. And it'll look handsome, won't it, Thorn?"

Once Marigold was content, Briar got to her paws and started ushering both of the pups out of the garden and back toward the castle. "Alright, time to get you both back home and get you cleaned up. We'll get Aunt Gwyn to look at that ear and then I think you both need a bath before you do anything else." She had no doubt that their father would want to speak with Dusk about this too, but there were certainly things she wanted to make sure got done first–and perhaps a chance to talk to him and calm him down a bit. In the end it was just a mistake and a lesson to be learned, but that didn't mean that their little soot cloud wasn't in for at least a little bit of a punishment for it.

"Carpathius Family"