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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:14 pm
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Rian limped along the trail leading up to the healer's dens, trying very hard not to use any of the words the other scouts had slowly been teaching him over the weeks he had been in training. His mother Eva would flay him alive if she overheard him, or if any of the other healers overheard him and she got wind of it, and he knew from cubhood she'd find out.
Somehow she'd manage to raise...twenty plus of them...the number was boggling, and keep her sanity...yeah..she'd find out. So, keeping his mouth firmly shut on all the new, nifty, words that wanted to spill out if it, the young male, limped along, heading up the row of dens to the one the pale hyena claimed as her own. One of the scouts had suggested her, cause she was friendly, and not likely to tell Eva about his misadventure.
Sticking his massive head around the corner of it, (he was as big as his father, who was twice the size of a normal male), to see if she was there and not tending to a patient, the young scout waited patiently.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:15 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:21 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:49 am
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The young adult watched the eagle in rapt fascination, blinking a few times at the comments that came out of the raptors beak. He'd known a few familiars in his limited experience with life, but none were as vocal as the one that was flying hither tither along the healer's walls depositing herbs and unsettling words about his head like large drops of rain.
It distracted him enough that he missed the hyena healer's first question about crocodiles, and the prodding of his foot, the first making him raise his ears forward and blush more, the second making them lay flat and gasp, but not pull away. He was the son of a guard, and of the Master Healer, he learned early you don't pull away when your hurts were being seen to.
" Uh, no Ma'am. It wasn't a crocodile. It was a pack of hyenas along the west border. They were coming in for the cubs, the ones the nannies take up to get some sun along the ridge there. Three of us scouts were coming in from patrol and spotted them. I'm the biggest so I stayed with my mentor and the other went to get the guards. Held them off till they could get there. One got a hold, damn thing wouldn't let go. Had to use him like a rock against the others, worked pretty good to." The last few words had some humor in his voice till he realized he was talking to a hyena, the his ears went flat again and his blush went darker.
"Sorry Ma'ma, that was disrespectful of me."
(( I'd say fractured and sprained and the skin bit up, typical dog mauling xp ))
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:08 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:25 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:38 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:52 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:18 pm
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Rian blanched at the thought of hiding something from Eva. When he was a cub, well, maybe a few small things, but something BIG, yeah not if you wanted to keep your pelt. She had never been cruel, but raising twenty odd cubs, most boys, even with a army of nannies, meant you had to have a good balance of firm paws and compassionate ones.
Looking back and forth between the two females, he suddenly felt a little like he was out of his depths, and if he had been a little older and little wiser, he would realize that most males felt this way when with any female no matter the species.
Taking the herbs, he chewed them dutifully, and then held out his other paw. Once he swallowed the slightly bitter, minty leaves he asked very politely, " How long for it to heal Ma'am. I have to get back to work."
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:46 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:52 am
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Rian winced, but nodded, sighing softly, " Yes Ma'am. I will keep myself off my paws. I know how important it is to follow healer's instructions to the letter."
Looking over at the bird, her sighed again and looked between the two, " I will speak to my mother, but will not give her all the details. Its not that she is over protective, not really..she's just...uh...well since Ruko died..."
It was still hard to talk about the loss of his brother, the plague had taken him just recently. It sat far to heavy on everyone's heart. Shaking it off, he looked back to the healer and ducked his head, getting back to his feet gingerly, " Thank you again Ma'am. I'll be back like you told me."
With that the young scout carefully limped out of her den and back toward where he was to meet his mentor.
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