The strong antiseptic was his own infusion of a lot of different plants with their own qualities, although a lot of the clear liquid that had come from boiling the plants together and draining the liquid thereafter was marigold. He had a certain affinity for finding the yellow flower that made it a feature in most of his medicines. He tried to work as gently but quickly as possible, wincing every time is dragged and she surpressed a whine or a cry. Of course, he could never have anticipated that she would relax. After the first few cuts were thoroughly cleaned, he felt her body relax against his. Was she so used to this kind of treatment that it didnt bother her anymore? Was she so used to it she couldnt feel it anymore? With an angry expression hidden in her messy hair, Saul cleaned her right paw thoroughly first before moving onto her left. It took him a good few moments to work out that she was asleep.
Astounded that she was sleeping on him while he cleaned her wounds, Saul stayed motionless for a moment. A dark roiling anger swelled in his guts. She was so used to this kind of treatment that she could fall asleep like that. Sighing softly, reaching round her body to remove the built up wad of tissues that had gathered as he'd dropped them after using them. He would burn them in a moment. He removed two fresh bandages, although they were the only two in his small first aid kit that he'd bought out with him for emergencies like this. He would have to drop by the hospital and pick up some more- there were hundreds of them up there anyway. He wrapped her hands up carefully, trying not to wake her. It seemed inevitable that she would stirr as he finished tying the last bit off on her left hand.
"Tawny... You fell asleep so I bandaged your hands up anyway."
He spoke softly as she looked up at him. He smiled back at her, almost allowing it to deepen into a grin. She was so helpless that he wanted to take her back to Cerne Rise and make her stay. But she leaned up to nuzzle his chin, to which he managed to swipe his tongue across her nose in response before she stood. Gathering the dirty pads of guaze and slipping them into his satchel for him to burn later, he was almost startled as Tawny spoke. "Thats okay Tawny... Any time." He chuckled, unsure of whether she went to leave him or whether she just needed to stretch her legs after her emotions had run her dry. He would wait until she made up her mind before continuing on to nurse his headache.
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