ooc: yay, a thread where he can practice medicine! (528 words)
Liam was suddenly doing a lot of work, given his new promotion to Duke status, but he wasn't complaining – at least not out loud. He loved helping the pack, especially considering his father was the King. He didn't want other wolves thinking that he had been promoted to Duke just because he was the King's son. He did his fair share of work, and then some. If only he could get used to the sudden augmentation of responsibility! He was doing a lot more than he had been doing before the war and it was exhausting sometimes! Lately when he wasn't at Chien Hotel he was hunting or sometimes helping out his family in any way possible. There were also those occasions where he left the pack-lands for some fresh air – a little bit of time to clear his mind. It was always better to work with a clear head than a cloudy one. Today wasn't the case though. He felt very focused and ready for anything.
Rubbing at his temple with his furry hand, the young wolf turned the page of the medical book he was reading. In front of him was a compilation of notes he'd been writing for himself. Ever since deciding that he was going to be the Apothecary, he had been focusing a lot on acquiring as much knowledge as possible. “If only I could get these darn stitches to look decent and not all... crooked.” he mumbled to himself as he moved over to another table that was a few feet away from the one with his book and notes. On it was a small hare he had caught and skinned just yesterday. The fur would come in handy, but unfortunately the meat wasn't serving as food – it was going to be Liam's practice dummy for his stitches. So far he had purposefully inflicted a couple wounds on the lifeless flesh and had tried to suture them to the best of his capability. His capabilities weren't that great.
If only he could experiment on another wolf – a live one with actual blood and stuff. Liam wasn't about to go and inflict wounds on his pack-mates so that he could practice though. That would just be silly. Sighing, he went outside the Haskel-Catori residence and looked around. He wasn't too far from the hotel and although that was usually where he was when he worked or studied, today he needed a change of scenery. And his mother had asked him to watch the pups anyway. As he stood on the front porch he could smell his pack-mates from all over the land and could even see one or two wolves here and there in the distance. His sister and brothers were playing out near a tree – all morning he'd been able to see them from the window inside the house.
He was about to turn around and head inside again when he caught a glimpse of a familiar face. She was limping towards him and Liam was instantly worried. “What happened? Are you okay?” he asked, already sprinting towards Cour des Miracles' newest member – Terra.
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