Redhawk Caldera My "people skills" are "rusty."

If Elwood found her revulsion strange, he didn't say anything. He quickly cottoned onto what she wanted and began to clean the red stain from his gray pelt. Towhee felt an immediate sense of relief as he began to wash himself. Her heart was beating rapidly in her chest but her pulse slowed as the blood began to disappear under his careful ministrations. She felt even better when he shot her a reassuring glance.

He waited for her assessment after he was finished. The blood was gone, so Towhee grinned and signed for him to, -Now run!-