Blackfeather Woods Jailhouse Tango

@Burke Set after "how to save a life"

Burke had survived the ordeal of the "bamboo-stick-in-mouth" in order to cure his bloat, and was now resting peacefully in her infirmary. Meldresi visited the tailless tank three times every day, bringing herbs, water, and liquid food (blood) to him. He was healing quickly, she had noticed, but the Dark Queen had ordered him to stay in the infirmary until he was fully recovered in her eyes. That could take weeks, maybe even a month or more, but at least he would be alive.

She was visiting him in the afternoon, wet moss draped across her back, dampening the fur of her ruff, and this time, a small hare clasped in her jaws. The hare was stuffed with various healing herbs and rubbed with honey to sooth his throat as he ate. The honey was hard to find in the early spring, but luckily for her the bees had been working hard this spring.

She approached the gray male quietly, dropping the hare by his mouth and shrugging off the moss from her back, bringing the green strands close to the hare. "Good afternoon, Burke. How are you feeling?"