Blacktail Deer Plateau One Last Try

he opened his mouth to soothe the bleeding woman with words, but before sound emerged, pema arrived on the scene, looking over the situation with her shrewd medic's eyes. thank god, he thought, before answering her.

"she arrived with her brother just now; she's been injured, obviously, but he did not say by what, or how," aditya explained. "he took off looking for shelter elsewhere. we--" he broke off, adding sotto voce, "we can't take them in permanently. pack's full up."

turning to the woman, he said, "you're at the border of a pack. your brother has gone to find you both a place to stay. we cannot take you, but--hopefully--we can help you." he looked back at pema, waiting for her examination of the woman and her opinion on the matter in general.