Protector

Bane bounded over a rock and noted the tree, a tall thin looking thing with jutting branches, that had almost crushed his family. By almost he meant that the rock they lay next to had stopped the complete fall of the tree. By the skin of their teeth they were ok, the elder slowing himself down right before he brought himself to Tahlia's side. Their pups were assumed to be underneath her, in one piece or not he didn't know. Such fragile bodies younger wolves had, he nosed himself underneath the chest of his mate and grabbed Lior by the paw with a firm snap of his fangs. No time to be gentle, that crack along the tree trunk spotted earlier in the initial analysis of the situation might loosen with the possible aftershocks. He wrenched his daughter out from under Tahlia, and when he went to put Lior down that's when he saw the side of his mates face. It took him a second, and by the fact that there was very little blood, but Tahlia's eye was gone, unusable, a neat little slice right across the iris to take out the lens.

"I gah Leorh." Bane panted through an occupied muzzle. He placed Lior right next to him and wriggled his head underneath for Kailos, finding the pup with a quick nosing and bringing him out. "I guh Kiylohs." Bane spoke and lay the pup on his side. Kailos struggled to his paws with a yip and shook himself off. "I don't like it when the ground moves." Bane nosed his talkative son and scrabbled up the boulder, and put his shoulder against the side of the tree to get it off of his mate. The tree fell over and split along the crack, Bane hopping down and attempting to lick clean the wound over Tahlia's eye. "Hold still so I don't have to pin you Tahlia, keep blinking and this won't become infected." He eased her down onto her side so that if she did struggle or bite at him through what must be a painful haze he could be in a good position to administer some helpful force.