Tending A Man of Constant Sorrow
Chrysanthos was pleased with the progress Thaddeus was making. He was finally starting to put on weight and his injuries were healing to the point that Chrys felt he could introduce the man to Pegasus and decide what to do next. He did not know what Thaddeus planned to do but he was happy to pack up a few items for the man's journey. He was also more than happy to give directions. Chrys also wondered, if perhaps the man would like to join but he wasn't quite sure what Pegasus would think of the man. Chrysanthos had been so focused in on treating the man and bringing him back from death's door that he was only just now realizing that Thaddeus was a bit… something else than wolf.
Tipping back his head he called for Thaddeus as well as his brother.
he was beginning to get restless, roaming outside the patient den without direction. a few times he left - Thad probably knew that Chrysanthos probably noticed that - but he always came back. whether Olympia actually noticed a rogue coming and going was beyond him. when the healer called out, summoning him, the mutt hesitated before lifting his recovering body from the ground. the wolves could howl - but he'd never tried it for himself. he could shout, cry and yelp but... maybe he couldn't. maybe it'd be a weird squeak and he'd be embarrassing himself. he wasn't going to try it back.
at least not with other people around.
his floppy ears piqued as the healer called for yet another being. slowing to a halt a few paces away from Chrysanthos, Thaddeus's insides squirmed uneasily. he was still very suspicious of the intentions of this pack, and kept shooting glares this way and that. it was clear he didn't exactly trust yet, but the days of his recovery had made him at least try to trust the pure-blood who rescued him. he stood directly to the side of the man, lifting his eyes to his face briefly before looking back down. waiting... waiting for whoever else would show up.
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Every day it seemed he was called to the Shrine, even though it unsettled him greatly he knew he had a duty to his pack to answer any call made for him. He approached his brother at an easy trot then slowed his gait as he saw the…creature…beside him. Chrys had always been less than diligent in following the word of Ley, but as he reflected on his own actions he supposed he had no right to talk. He approached Chrys and the stranger at a slower pace than what he had set out with and came to a stop just short of his brother. Perhaps this man was just like Philomena, blessed with an unusual physical mutation that gave him the strange angular features and ears he now saw.
“This is your patient I take it?” He asked, trying to keep his tone civil and his eyes from becoming too disapproving. “What’s your name?” He asked turning his attention onto the stranger with the regality of a king. |
Chrysanthos felt himself growing more and more nervous as he waited. Thaddeus was the first to answer his call and he smiled politely at the man. He was looking so much better and at this point Chrys felt safe in sending the man on his way. Pegasus soon appeared, casting a look at the man and Chrys felt his stomach turn slightly. He felt foolish. Ley's rules not to associate with creatures of another species had completely slipped his mind when he'd seen the injured man. His first instinct had been to treat and his love of his profession easily consumed him. Heck, he was already in a bit of hot water over his assistant Bolla.
He smiled anyway as Pegasus came to a stop. "Hello, brother. Yes, you're correct. This is my patient, Thaddeus. Or should I say ex-patient. I said I'd bring him to you when he was able to come." Chrys turned to Thaddeus. "You're injuries are healed up enough that you're free to go. Do you know much about pack borders?" He figured that would be a good lesson to impart before the other was on his way and with his brother here they could make the man's departure more official. He hoped this might set the other man at ease and assure him he was never a prisoner of Olympia.