Sequoia Coast how many centuries deep is your wound?

caw's words garner no reply. avis shrieks, cawing loudly, swooping over the two of them; her language is one only caw and his old pack really understand, and each crow is different. he's certain nobody else can understand her yelling for the stranger to let him go; even if she had caw thinks she probably would not have listened. his backfur bristles, drawing the wayward feathers stuck into his scruff upwards; the token snap at her shoulder becomes one with far more teeth as the woman's grip tightens, though it does not really get anywhere with her teeth fastened under his jaw.

she yanks him to the side with a shake of her head, pulling him towards the ground; caw barely manages to stay on his feet, yapping in excitement as his teeth flash again and again, snapping for any bit of flesh within reach. his ears angled forwards, trying to figure out where avis is, to make sure she is away from the battle -- he knows perfectly well how easy it is to crunch a bird between a wolf's teeth.

he doesn't see her, in the end, but he does hear her -- another warning shrieked in his direction, of someone else approaching.

caw pauses, trying to turn his head to look for this stranger, at just the same moment as the woman's grip tightens and she twists her head, slamming him towards the dirt. his scrambling paws lose track of the earth, and as he hits the ground another body slams into him with not-insignificant force, pushing him away from the teeth in his cheek with a vicious, white-hot flare of pain as the wound opens wider and caw tumbles, belly hitting the ground.

he laps at the blood running from his face and trickling down across his lips with a swipe of his tongue. he's starting to think that perhaps neither of them speak english, or they would have responded to his question in a way that wasn't this. it's very... it's what he would have expected from his pack.

"hod klin!" caw yips, cocking his head. he has no idea what it means, but he thinks if the other one could speak it these might very well.