Sunspire Mountains Looking Down

Now that they'd both skidded to a halt, Murdock was finding it much easier to think rationally. Probably, he should not have jumped after her. He hadn't done either of them much good - but he couldn't have just stood there, could he? "I'm alright," he replied, shaking out his pelt and turning his attention back to Pema. She was beginning to make her way back up, and the male was quick to step behind her.

"I gotchya," he said, bumping his nose against her flank so that she'd know where he was. If she slid, she wouldn't be going far. "If I'd known you'd react so poorly, I wouldn't have touched ya," he grumbled good-naturedly, secretly very amused by her reaction, now that the surprise and worry was behind him.