When the young woman's voice reached his audits he cursed internally. So someone had witnessed his fall. He could not have been more embarrassed. Well he could be, but he chose to ignore that fact. He pulled himself fully of the ground and glanced to the woman. He knew that she was part of the pack, but he could not put a name to her face. He racked his brain for her name. Novella. That was it. Well he wasn't too certain. He was also rather embarrassed that she had heard his curses, they had not been gentlemanly. "Yes, thank you, Novella is it? I am fine, just trying to adjust." he forced a smile, trying to cover the anger and the sorrow. But he was not doing too good a job of it. He was so annoyed at himself. If he had been paying more attention or been faster, he could have dodged the tree. It was his fault, and now he had to live with that for the rest of his life.
