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Rio had been running as fast as she could, but just slow enough that her injured owl wouldn’t fall off of her back. His claws were wrapped around the straps of her Secui backback, hooking himself onto her back. He couldn’t fly due to his injured wing, and despite Anathema being the other way, Rio thought she knew where she was going. Her mind was in a frenzy and she just wanted to help her bird. She knew she had seen some pain killing herbs around the bottom of the Halycon Mountains, and if she could just get there fast enough. She smelled the familiar scent of another, but she couldn’t be bothered with it right now.
She kept her pace, running, and crossed through a field. Deer were charging at her coming from the direction she was going toward, and she swung around wide to avoid the herd. One of the does had an arrow sticking out of its hind leg, and Rio slowed her pace. She was running into hunting grounds, and what if the other caught a kill? She didn’t want to run straight into a feeding frenzy. She slowed to a quick walk, but the male she saw picking himself up off of the ground eased her nerves a lot. It was Jaden from Sangi’lak, a friend that she knew would attempt to help her. Her pace picked up and she ran towards him, ”Jaden!”
The bird hopped off of her back, and she stopped just before the wolf. Can you watch my owl while I go look for something? His wing is injured, and I don’t want him to become lunch for any other ignorant creature.” She trusted that he wouldn’t try to eat her bird, or at least she hoped he wouldn’t. She didn’t wait for him to answer, and just left the owl hopping around on the ground with Jaden. She sped off into the brush, shifting once she got into the shelter of the trees. She didn’t stop running to shift, though, so her galloping soon almost turned into reverse crab walking, and when she was fully shifted, she skidded to halt at a bush that looked familiar. Next to the push was an Arnica flower. She wrapped her hand around the whole thing and yanked it out of the ground. She would use the whole thing.
She returned quickly to the two, the owl hopping over to her. Rio unclipped the backpack she wore and dropped it to the ground next to her. She knelt down on the ground, putting the flower beside her while she pulled the dagger she wore from around her ankle. She cut the roots in tiny bits and attempted to feed the painkilling herb to the owl.
THE WORST IS JUST AROUND THE BEND
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