Oops I did it again

There wasn't really a good place to be injured, but this one was even more awful - it was humid and wet everywhere she looked, which were optimal conditions to get a gnarly infection. Even with the best of healers, sometimes those things could take a wolf out of the game, and she wasn't really wanting to risk it right now. She was careful where she stepped, trying to avoid splashing too much water around as she settled down and got to assessing her wound and cleaning it.

Apparently she didn't fly completely under everyone's radar; she found herself scowling at the little woman who appeared out of the mist and approached. Usually she wasn't in such a foul mood, but the way her wound now stung as she'd begun to clean it was hard to ignore. Now exposed to the cool forest air, the pain was amplified, and gingerly she set her paw back down on the semi-dry ground.

"Am I hurt?" She mimicked the woman's question, sneering slightly as she swung her tusked head in Mélisande's direction. "No shit I'm hurt." Normally Kaija wasn't quite so prickly, but she felt like shit and was happy making her mood be known. The giantess wasn't exactly known for being subtle about anything.

The stranger approached still and Kaija bristled slightly, though she showed no real signs of aggression, just wariness. Strangers could not really be trusted, especially right off the bat. "Don't mind the attitude. This just hurts like a bitch," she admitted, angling her forelimb slightly toward the smaller woman so she could see. Maybe letting her look at it wouldn't be such a bad idea. It wasn't like she had a huge journey back home but the depth of her wound made Kaija nervous to travel long without it being at least bandaged up somehow. "Name's Kaija. I promise I won't bite, at least not too hard," she said, her tone clearly jesting, and she let out a half-chuckle to prove she wasn't a threat to her.