your love is gonna drown.

He smirked. She was right to be angry. No doubt, she'd given her quite the scare, and while he was alright (mostly), in reality, he could have broken every bone in his body bouncing all the way down there and ended up feeding the fishes at the bottom of the river. He was fortunate to still be alive and lucky he hadn't been nearly as clumsy as his faking a fall could have been.

She was helpful in guiding him where he needed to go. Kerosene turned his eyes in the direction she suggested and hopped up to where he could make good on her suggestions. He scaled the wall a bit, placing his paws at the indicated locations and made slow progress up towards where she stood.

She lingered, just as she said she would and after a while Kero joined her. From there, they worked their way back towards the top and Kero took it slow. He was starting to feel a little bit light headed and the sun beating down on his back wasn't helping. He needed to get to the top soon where he could be dizzy on wider ground.

"I don't feel so good," he admitted, crawling upon the grass as soon as they'd reached the surface. He slunk down onto his belly and lay there for a moment, trying to clear the light-headedness from himself. He lowered his chin to his paw and raised it again. "Damn it. Still bleeding." He licked the red from his foot and tried to lick at his chin again. Glancing towards her, he tipped his head back. "How bad is it?"