silver beneath the surface

Atreyu let her laughter fade into a wince as Ellara went to work on her sensitive, burning ear. She could almost feel that she was missing a piece of it, by the way it burned. "Is it bad?" She asked, hoping she still had most of her ear. Right now it felt as though the entire thing had been torn away instead of just a cougar tooth sized piece. Atreyu knew she had been lucky, but she wondered how lucky. The herbs did just as she said they would, her already burning ear was now set ablaze all over. Atreyu had never been a particularly good patient, she was much better at making sure others were healed.

This time, she controlled herself, deciding to breathe through the pain rather than fight it. Tilting her head for Ellara to better reach her aching ear, Atreyu tried her best not to cry out and draw attention to them. Kiska knew she couldn't afford any further close calls. Bigs was extremely lucky, having avoided the claws and teeth of the big cat successfully, he was such a trooper. "I think the spirits were on our side that time." She said with a laugh despite the pain her ear was giving her, both to Bigs and Ellara, trying to make light of the once-dire situation. There had been no fear in the moment, but she saw how close to death they had come. She saw also that they had overcome it. They made a pretty good team, at least, Atreyu thought so.

"Talk." || Think || 'Hear.'