Two Rivers Isle One's loss, another's gain

Staying vague about how Mortar went through Malice, Shink and Burke to get to Vassago.

Burke stood there by the bear when everything went so fast. Vassago was there, but Aeronwyn snatched him away. The bear knew they had young but Burke was never going to let him pass never. Yet somehow it did, maybe he was getting old, but it seemed the bear attacked out of nowhere while before the animal seemed like it wanted to die a quiet death and was not going to make too much of a fuzz if they didn't attack.

Vassago let out a cry, not a cry because he didn't get what he wanted but because he was in pain. Burke knew that pain, though he was quick to react. He was going to protect his son from that bear. His stupid son. It seemed he had two stupid sons, one falling in a river by not listening and the other being mauled by a bear because he was not listening. Burke was almost tempted to let him figure it out on his own, but then he realized the young was actually only one moth. One month and already this was happening. Burke tried to grab the bear by its hamstring as his back was turned to the two parents.

He was not going to let the bear any closer. Aeronwyn attacked the bear too, and well that left Malice and Shink. Burke instantly pulled himself away from the bear, the others had seen how he attacked from behind, they might as well use that technique too so the bear was distracted from the pup. Burke used that time he hoped he had. He rushed forward and snatched Vassago in his jowls. The pup had no choice in this after all it was far too small. Burke brought it inside, kind of wanting to fight with the others, though he also knew that he was the oldest and not the fittest. "Stupid child!," he growled now for once not directed at Pyro. He might not understand its words but the tone was clear.

He started to check Vassago for wounds and noticed that it was mostly his tail that had been bitten off. Burke started to lick it, remembering when he had to bite his own tail off. Apparently Vassago was going to look a lot like him, only in a different shade. "Silent, now. It was your own damn fault," he stated between the licks, though his voice was calmer. Hoping the fight outside was going well without him. He did not trust his own son to stay in the den.