Moonspear Wipe-Out

Pyx caught the trace of a smile that she coaxed from the youngster. Korei continued to sniffle, however, and the concern did not leave Pyx's eyes. She followed her gaze to the offending rock, frowning. As the child first attempted to slap at it she supressed her smile, the face of pain that followed the movement of her injured paw however, dropped Pyx's humor. "Here, I'll see to that." She said calmly but firmly, bending her head down and seizing the rock in her jaws. It stuck to the cold ground but she pried it out, and was happy to see that it hadn't been larger and simply hidden by the ground.

She glanced out to the frozen lake, making sure no one else had come walking across, and then in one swift motion flung the rock towards the center of the lake. It landed with a thick cracking, but the ice appeared to hold. She was sure it was shattered under the rock, at least. "There. Now when the ice thaws it'll sink to the bottom, where the bad rocks who hurt Princesses belong." She said, her voice soft and soothing. "Stay away from it out there until then though, right?" 

At the request to fix her paw, and the wide and endearing eyes, Pyx felt her heart melt. "I will do my very best to fix any pains you ever have, Korei Julia." She said, reaching to gently nuzzle the girl's head. She turned her attentions to the paw soon after. "Put it down for me, let me take a look. I'm going to touch it." She glanced to the girl to gauge her reaction to this statement before she continued. A gentle prod of her nose to the skin didn't find any ridges where there should be none, perhaps some swelling starting, she felt a slight bit of heat.

"Alright, this may hurt, but I know you can do it. You're so very brave already, can you wiggle it for me? Wave it at the joint, like this," She sat and picked up her own paw, wiggling it as if she were waving. "And then all your toes. Wiggle them and stretch them wide."