something like a meteor [joining]

Wrapping up! And you were no wait at all, Java my sweet :)

Velox did not try to speak any more. Her weaknesses kept her quiet, but the pain kept her awake through most of the gentle ministrations of the wolves who had saved her. Her face was cleaned and her body salved with juices and herbs, some of which stung immensely but became tolerable after a few moments. She lie still through most of it, though once or twice she reflexively tried to lift her head and stop the abrupt pains in her leg by trying to lick it. But her efforts were always futile, or thwarted by her healer who urged her to lie as still as possible.

Soon enough, the pale female drifted off into a suffering sleep, and when she woke, everyone had gone but one. She hadn't the strength to ask yet the female's name, but she would soon come to know her as Dawa, the female leader of Northstar Vale. And for now, this would be Velox's rather unwilling home. Her injuries would certainly keep her from her intended journey, and she knew not for how long. But perhaps in time the un- would dissipate, especially in the presence of such generous wolves like the ones of the Vale.

She fell asleep again after Dawa quenched her thirst and a bit of her hunger, and this time she dreamed of Piebald and Brooklyn.