Tyr's frantic gaze didn't find the other wolf nearby. He spun around, losing his balance and tumbling to the ground halfway through. Scrambling to his feet, panting with the fiery burn of his bad leg, he finished the turn with more care, searching wildly for her. Where had she gone? Had she not followed at all? Was she trapped?
Once more breaking into a painfully slow run, he made his way back the way he'd come. Finally he could see her sprawled form and hobbled back to her. "We can't stay here! Come on, you need to get up!" But the way she was holding herself, the familiar tautness of pain, caught his attention and his gaze followed her down to her paw, held at an awkward angle.
Oh, no no no, he could deal with this right now. He hadn't even started his healer training! He glanced longingly over his shoulder at Valhalla's border. Erani would know what to do. But by the time he got there and brought a healer back the whole cliff face could be gone. As it was he was terrified that any second it would just shear off, sending him and Misha both tumbling to their deaths. He could just leave, desperately wanted to just save himself and leave her to figure things out on her own but...
But Erani had faith that he wasn't that person anymore. The selfish, terrified, bitter child whose cowardice had caused so much suffering in the past. If he just ran off now he'd be letting her down, wouldn't he? And even if she didn't know, he would.
"Uhh... o-ok, Misha, listen, I know it hurts a lot, but we need to get you on your feet and moving, ok? When we get somewhere save we'll stop and take care of it." His ears flicked forward and back fretfully, unsure this was the right thing to do as a healer but absolutely certain he didn't want to be where they were. "Just... just keep your paw off the ground, ok? You can lean on my shoulder and we'll go slow."
He nudged his nose beneath her left foreleg where it joined with her chest, trying to slide it up his neck so the larger female's leg would rest across his shoulder, allowing her to put pressure on the leg itself without the paw touching anything so she could get to her feet.
"Speech"
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