Lone Star Mountain Misstep Into Misfortune

caregiver thread 2/5
picking her way through the range, intent in exploring, proved to be no easy task, and there were a few moment when her heart flew into her throughout as she slipped or stumbled. Beside a few scrapes from such an instance were she had failed to catch herself, she was doing rather fine. The mountains were familiar terrain, to her, yet very different in the winter snow and ice. 

There was a certain silence about that day; as the snow had often the chance to create. Thus, when a yelp sounded for a short distance off, there was no way she could have missed it. For a moment, she considered simply going on her way; but she could hardly ignore it. A few moments later had her approach warily a night-colored male, stopping a distance off should he prove to be aggressive.

"are you alright?" Her voice drifted across the silence between them, gaze falling on his paw. Quite obviously something had to be off, for he was the source of the pained yelp, yet he may be simply all right.