Redhawk Caldera heart attack and vine

The white of his lips was tinged with red, and as he flicked his tongue out, he caught some of the blood. The boy sniffed out of habit - like you might if you had a really runny nose - but that didn't help. If anything that just made his face sting more. Towhee was insulting him as per usual, which he took just as well as he took the smack to the face - silently and with a small roll of his eyes.

Don't - he asked quietly, with a new nasal quality to his normally scratchy voice. She was loud and irritating but now she was loud, irritating, and trying to investigate the damage she'd wrought, and Screech didn't like having her close. I said don't -- just don't touch me Towhee.

That did manage to get a rise out of him. He snapped before he knew what he was doing, warning her away, but the slightest motion just made his face hurt and he grimaced, a darkness already appearing around his eyes. 

Great.

Now he was going to sport a couple of black eyes too! He sniffled again and squinted when the pain radiated out of his broken nose, his new extra surly voice adding: Why d'you even care.

He needed to find Raven.