Shadow Mountain [NaWoWriMo] house of cards

Squint as mightily as he could, Driftwood could yet indeed spot not a single sign of any injuries present or past on Maegi's belly. He pressed in closer to her regardless, and tried to still her trembling as he nudges at her face again and then placed his chin in what her hoped was a comforting motion over her shoulders. Well, you're still standing, he pointed out, trying to coax some reassurance into her. And there's no sign of the creature that tore you up or any of his, ah, friends... and you should be able to lift your paws up and leave this place before they have any chance of coming back, either. I'll help, and he nudged gently but inexorably at her, trying to press her into motion that he hoped might in and of itself help quench some of her panic. Driftwood was still pretty uncertain whether these giant crabs or this Molag Bol could be lurking anywhere in the vicinity, if they ever had been, but he didn't want to hang around and find out for sure the hard way and he certainly didn't want to leave Maegi to confront such a thing on her own either.

We'll get you out of here, and find a healer to look at you, all right? C'mon. Driftwood would be the first to quite readily admit he didn't know what the heck he was doing with any sort of physical ailments; possibly a more-experienced wolf would be able to spot something he could not on Maegi's shaking form. And if not, well, at least he could make certain she was well away from this place, and got some physical distance between her and the obviously horrific memories that dwelt here for her. Assuming she didn't have another one of her little fits, that is... but Driftwood didn't much want to think about that. He'd just have to figure out how to deal with that if it came to it, he supposed. And whapping into her once had worked, right? ...Oh, crap: he hadn't done this to her, had he?! He didn't think he'd hit her that hard. Drift's eyes roved uncertainly over Maegi's slighter form, hoping to find some definite sign that this wasn't the case.