here goes nothing

But when Astraios's call reaches her ears, she looks up from her work, leaving a large branch behind as she bolts towards the sound, bandage clutched in her jaws. She doesn't know that he's hurt, but Bylgja would never waste time putting down bandages when they could prove useful.

Besides, as she proved with Delphi--

It doesn't take her long to get the axe if she must.

Bylgja bursts upon the scene in a flurry of defensive motion; her hackles are up and her tail is high. When she spots the two youths, she forces her fur to relax.

"I'm here," she growls. "What's--" one look at the strange pup's body language makes Bylgja certain they're the source of the problem.

"... what happened?" she gets closer, giving Spider a look-over, her ears forward. She's looking for any bone through skin, any blood, any signs of internal-gone-external. To clarify for the young, she speaks: "I'm doing initial check. Tell me where it hurts."