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Sae 6

She did scream, the thing between her teeth helped and she bit so hard that she was happy that their was a layer of leather between her jaws and the steel because her teeth might not have survived.

She snarled a little when it was done, it had been quick but pain like that lasting a few second felt like eternity. She sighed with relief when the poultice brought cooling relief to her battered body.

She might need a bit more time than normal to bounce back from this. It hadn't been an ordinary injury..she had been unable to roll to cushion the fall per say.

"Ow." Was all she said, spitting out the bar. A little fire returning to her eyes after the fire to her side.

In Einsol's fell mood, she didn't so much as flinch at her sister's howls, adding them to the pile of hurts her prey had caused. She was a practical girl, however. Dramatic revenges and torments just wasted everyone's time. Blood would pay all debts, once he told them where 'Xi had gone. Ushi could imagine pain all he wanted, if it helped. Death was enough for his sister, once the pack was whole again. "Aye. We'll hunt soon. Just as soon as you're well enough to move, you'll join us. 'Til then, you're stayin' here at the den, to guard our other cubs.

I'll have Mally here sit on you if you don't, an' have the triplets back her. They know better than to argue with me." Her own threat she left unspoken, as her teacher had said to do. People looked oddly at a healer that would break a stubborn patient's leg to keep them abed. She reached up with a spare hand to rub under the snaptrotter's jawbone, stroking firmly along the scales. Her temper ran cold and long, given lingering cause. But much like the reptiles, she held no grudge once she'd bitten back. Violence was just another chore, unpleasant and necessary.

"Lift her up. Gotta bind this to her. It's wrappin' or glue, an' my master'll hate unbindin' less." At worst, the old woman would take shears to the bandages before she tidied up the mess. When Sae's torso rose, the blue girl wasted no time, looping four times around the pad and poultice. Tight bandaging here would help, in case of delays.

Ushi 7
“Hopefully the healer gets here soon. She seems to be stable enough but the blood loss took a lot of her pizazz out of her.” She would have one hell of a morning tomorrow but at least she would have a tomorrow.

“I’m not letting you out of my sight again.”

Another thought made him put his head in his hands. “How do I tell Kechiri that someone straight up stole her baby sister? She is going to be so very heartbroken.”

The girls had been inseparable since they were born.

Sae 8

Her spurt of energy didn't last long. Malibu curled up beside her and she idly stroked his scales, her eyes half lidded as he did a deep rumbling purr beside her.

She was grateful she wasn't alone. Alone would be very bad. She was sure tomorrow the events of today were going to come crashing down to crush her. But for now, she had fully worn her beleagured, stressed mind right out and her body was not far behind.

She could hear the mutterings from the twins. It would have been so nice to have a twin, she thought. She took a deep breath and let herself doze a little.

Both hands stroked and held, each holding something of the mated pair. Her thumb ran over the brother's cheek to brush tears away, fingers held onto the sister's grip. "Wish I was wrong. Wish it were complicated, so you could handle it easier. You're better at the twisty thinkin'." Having the house in order would be important, as a cold trail for intelligent prey might take months. The thief would die. No question on that. He stole a cubling and hurt her pack. But with the trail cooling, how to pick it up again? Tracking beasts were out of the question. Not without his scent to go by. Perhaps someone who hunted thoughts? Somethin' to think on.

In a way, Einsol understood the triplets. For her, Ushiwa was a part of her kept outside the body. His pain was hers, as their children might as well have been her own. She'd been there when they were born, and maintained her function by dreadful practicality. Breaking down here wouldn't much help matters. She could collapse into sobs later, once she wasn't so needed. "Okay. However you need t'do it. Can have my master leave instructions on Sae's treatment, in case I go with the hunters.

Should ask Terr? Maybe she knows someone what's good at huntin' or trackin' people. Seems like it'd be tricksy work."

Ushi 9

He knew it would be best to start looking as early as possible for their accoster but it also made him scared for Ein or himself to leave Sae at this vulnerable time.

"I hope your teacher comes soon. I don't think you should leave until they at least get here. I don't have the best skills with it either."

She was a great comfort to him at this trying time.

"Yes Terr might well know someone who has the skills we need. I'm sure once Dad gets back too it will be easier he is a great tracker."

The more people they could get the better.

Sae 10

Sae giggled at the thought of big scary dorky Kiyelt needing pointers on anything. It was a great notion though, Ein was probably right. The man dealt way more with wee beasties than people.

She winced as her mirth took a toll on her sensitive bits. Ouch. No more happy, no more sneezing just stillness.

"We...will...find...her.." She pat patted Einsol. Whichever part of her sister she could reach, she thought it was a hand.

"Not long now. She'll be here as soon as y'need to use the privy. As soon as you open that door. Every time." It was the hand. With Einsol sat down near flush beside her patient, the hand was the first thing to grasp. A little to the left, and Sae might have patted something else, to more general confusion. A squeeze returned to the prone woman, and a nuzzle into her best brother's collar. "It's nice to be in time to hear that. We won't be too late."

The stable stank of blood, dung, and now a distinct whiff of burned meat. All of it overlaid by the musty smell of scales, dry fur, and herbs hanging about the ceiling. They kept more than herbivores in this one, secured by wood and iron. The peace of waiting creatures would end, and the quiet fall away to wrath. A cub of their blood was missing; their pack was wounded. But for just a little while longer, it could still feel like home.