Time and Time again

The excitement of the pup was obvious, although at first worried Alpine had peered into the darkness of the tent until his eyes adjusted, upon hearing the scrapping noise within. Upon eyes adjusting he would see the pup crawling his way to the den's exit, plainly very excited to see the other. It would cause a throaty chuckle to admit from the older wolf, his worry for the other dissipating on seeing his energy and enthusiasm. The yelp of his own name told Alpine everything he needed to know of his boys state of mind. It was never easy to keep a pup still, to force him to bed for any set of time let alone two weeks!


All his worry over Erion vanished, over set with remorse for not have coming sooner, clearly the worst parts of the healing was over, with the setting of the leg, the drugs, the pain, all the things that had kept Alpine clear for fear of getting in the way or in some way agitation the injured boy. Clearly, all that had been over and he had been left sitting here in recover with no where to go and nothing to do. A jumble of words would escape Erion in a rush every bit as insane as the wriggling crazy motions of his pent up energy. Alpine would truly laugh now as the pup finished with a final flail towards the older brute. He had never felt so relieved in his life, he thought as he saw the good natured boy before him, clearly on his way in the road of recoverey. He sat down in front of the boy and lowered his head to give him a friendly lick on the forehead. ?I'm proud of you Erion? he said, eyeing the pink cast that clearly encased his leg in cobwebs and berries. ?Looks like you've done a good job so far of keeping yourself in one piece? he would laugh, but there was a beam of pride there, that this wiggly energetic creature had managed to stay here within the confines of the cave for even this long where a miracle. He wished he really could save the pup, and speed up the process but their was nothing he could do there.


?Your right, I've taken up an interest in healing, you never know when it could be useful.? He said, as he took to placing his own belly against the ground and looking at the pup before him. ?But, I think we ought to get you active again, before you go crazy, and we gota keep your muscles built up for our fight training! I'm going to put my paw on the ground here? the older brute proceeded to do so, placing a paw lightly against the earth easily within paw-reach of the other. ?Now, your going to catch my paw with yours, but your not going to move your lower body at all, ok? No go?
He said, tensing, waiting for the pup to move, the second he saw any signs that the other boy was going to strike the offered paw he would flick it to the side, in the idea that the others paw would land in the dirt where his had been. This would not only keep the boy occupied, help spend some of that energy, but also help work on his reflexes. He would think of something for building up strength in those front paws soon, but for now this would do.