It all came crashing down

She flinched at his every word. The click click click of his extended claws nearly made her cheek itch. Oh no... Did she break the shelves? She thought she was careful... Surely she could salvage most of them...
"I'm s-!"

She opened her eyes and shifted her head, it didn't hurt as bad as before, those herbs were helping for sure. Everything still had a fuzzy halo around it. She finally realized she wasn't in the storeroom and the pelt she was lying on was not her thin fox skins. Was this a healer's room? Her companion shifted into her bruised paws.

She watched his massive blurry shadow pace back and forth and began to shake and shiver as he lamented babysitting her.
"I'll fi-!"
She pressed her ears into her skull sulkily and squinted at his pointed claw, bracing for the inevitable slap to her other cheek.

Instead, he revealed a hidden motive for keeping her around and growled.
It took a moment to register, having knocked her self out didn't help her processing speed.

What did she have to say for herself?
"I'm s-sorry! I can- I'll fix... I was... I was... making the store rooms colder.... I was trying to..." every word got quieter and quieter as his last comment started to dawn on her..."Take initiative..."

"Wh... what do you mean?" She asked, blinking through the fog.