Phoenix Maplewood tongue-clicking

The elder blinked, momentarily surprised by the ashen wolf's action, but then her face broke into a smile. Given her yellowy, gapped teeth and the laziness of one side of her face, the result was rather ugly, but it was a genuine smile nonetheless. In all her eight years, she hadn't actually thought of this. Probably because she couldn't do much healing if she was wandering around water-logged and resisting the urge to shake her coat. She was a very honest wolf and would have stated this outright if she didn't think it would do more harm than good. Esaro didn't only need to be taught skill, he needed to be taught self-belief.

I'd never thought of that, she decided to go this route of honesty. You sure know how to think outside the box, eh?