Silvertip Mountain Complications

Sorry for the wait!

Steady complimented her on how gentle she was when placing the paste on his wound and suggested that they wait for the paste to dry. She only nodded in agreement, feeling bashful of his compliment. Ryuu hoped that the paste would dry quickly, she didn't want him to be stuck lying down for too long. She was afraid that he would be mad at her if he had to. 

When the male told her that he was capable enough to protect them both, she felt admiration for the male at his confidence in his own strength but also envious. She pushed away the envy, allowing the admiration to taint her ice blue gaze. Steady went on to explain that they weren't going onto another pack's territory, but to the boundaries to ask for a healer. She knew as much, but did not say so. What worried her were the pack wolves who were very overprotective of their territory, to include the areas near their boarders. Ryuu also did not speak up to admit her worries, believing that she had admitted her cowardice too much to this wolf already.

When he concluded his explanation by stating that he would not pressure her to go and that he would be glad to go, Ryuu scuffed a paw and finally spoke, "Could I have some time to think about it?" She felt glad that he did not reject her because of her cowardice. It was a great fear for her, to be rejected by someone because of her lack of confidence even though she rejected herself time and time again. "Th-thank you by the way..." she said softly to Steady. "You have no idea... how much your words... mean to me..." Ryuu looked up and gave him a genuinely happy smile then and if she was able to shed tears of joy then she would have. To hear that someone would be glad to join her despite her problems, meant everything to her and patched one of the many cracks in her confidence.