Redhawk Caldera Ashes, ashes, we all fall down

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Peregrine opened his mouth to answer Fox's frantic questions but Elwood beat him to the punch. He shook his head lightly at the Beta's question. "How's the bleeding?" he asked, shifting slightly away from Gannet so someone with a more knowledgeable eye could inspect the wound for him. He winced as pain lanced through the shredded flesh. He steeled his jaw and glanced at the wolves gathered around him. They had grown in number in the past several minutes and he blinked up at Sassafras and Shrike.

"No," he said flatly to Shrike's unvoiced question. They would not seek out Ferret to mete punishment, nor permit him back should he return. Peregrine doubted he would. The pup was now left to his own devices and the elements. He likely wouldn't survive the upcoming winter, unless another pack took pity on him. Peregrine doubted that as well. Ferret was a loose cannon. Perhaps it was best if the winter culled him.

Pushing that thought aside, Peregrine slowly made to stand. He felt pained, weak and dizzy but he managed to get his four legs beneath him. "Elwood? Shrike?" he called out to the two largest wolves. "Can you help me get back to the rendezvous site?" He threw a glance at Fox and his remaining sons. "As long as I'm not going to bleed out," he quipped, trying to make light of it. He was in a bit of a bad way but he was pretty sure this was survivable.

But once he was able to get somewhere to rest, he would help cleaning the wound, fully stopping the bleeding and preventing infection. They didn't have a proper medic (and he hadn't noticed Sassafras chewing the grass), though the Alpha had the presence of mind to question the crowd, "Has anyone seen @Trick? I think he's studying to be a medic." Or maybe he was wrong about that. He couldn't quite remember. It couldn't hurt to ask, though, right? "Could someone call for him or go find him? And have him meet us at the rendezvous site?"