the world does not care about you or me

Here's the last for me, unless you want to continue this with another encounter...though that'll likely end with Tatsuya taking Scratch away as a prize.

The fox struggled up, noting his labored breathing. Running a paw over his injured side, he gritted his teeth and felt his normally-skeletal build swelled a bit. Still, he wasn't coughing up blood, so that meant his lungs weren't punctured. As none of his bones were poking out, that meant that the damage would heal over time with (hopefully) no complications. Until then, he would have to stay scarce. Painfully walking away, he hoped that he never had to see that wolf again. If he did...he didn't want to think about it.