Blacktail Deer Plateau Bufferzone

Burke had not estimated the level of Osprey's instability, because his sort of friendly shove against her hips, threw her not only off balance, but off her feet too. She fell heavily on her side, letting out a loud yelp and tears welled up in her eyes, because of the sudden rush of intolerable pain. For a moment it was hard to understand, which part of her body ached the most - the legs or the belly, or all mixed up together - then it passed and she was able to get back to her feet again. Breathing heavily, keeping her head low, she growled: "You really had to do that... Bloody hell..."

"You know what," she said beginning to retreat from Burke, "go to hell." With that she turned and left for the heart of the plateau, where she was sure he would not try to follow her. Any kind of prospect for a friendship was lost and forgotten now, because at this moment, when she was in so much pain, because of him, she didn't want to have anything to do with him.

ooc: another nice and interesting thread. Thanks for this one! I know that Burke is sick now too, therefore it will be a while, before these two run into each other again. However, I will be looking forward to it.