Redhawk Caldera The voice says I'm almost out of minutes.

Airi reacted by sticking her tongue out at Towhee and saying something the deaf youth didn't catch. The smaller pup kept glaring, though a painful twinge in her paw caused her to glance downward. Both snake- and wolf bites had hit the same paw and the punctures were bleeding slowly. Towhee gulped a little and then looked up just in time to see a black blur racing closer from behind the other youngster.

-Rave!- Towhee signed with a measure of relief. She shot Airi a smug look. She was in trouble now! -She bit me,- the Firebird informed the caregiver. -So did that,- she thought to add, pointing a single black toe at the mauled garter snake. Towhee then gazed up at Raven, holding out her bleeding paw while making a point not to look at it too directly herself.

The medic's brow furrowed as she glanced between the pups, then at the snake (harmless, thank goodness), then concentrated on Towhee's paw. "I'll fix you up," she promised, then shot a questioning look to Airi. "You bit her?" she demanded in a no-nonsense voice.