Cedar Sweep Blood of a fool

He can slip off while she's gone, if you want to be rid of her.

Doe looked around, her ears swivelling as she tried to detect any signs of danger. "It's not far from here," she said distantly, ears still searching. "I'll bring you some. You don't have to be in so much pain."

She paused only long enough to bump her nose against his before darting away, wanting to be back before anything else found him. She did not want to leave him alone, but neither could she allow her friend (brother-child-stranger) succumb to his injury. So it was with haste that she made her way to the red valerian grove, and came back again with her maw filled with the flowers and roots - that and marigold flowers. She had to do everything in her power to help.

"I'm back," she called as she drew nearer, ears twitching as she listened for her companion.