Arrow Lake Something else

It ground against her pride that she even needed the help, she was weak and wobbly like a pup. His silence was appreciated and throughout the time spent in the water it became clear that her leg would heal but the muscle damage was severe enough she'd always have trouble with it. She followed him out of the water, her bad leg held up and good legs trembling with the effort of standing now completely drenched and aching. She lifted her eyes to his face his own expression serious "I know it's bad and I knew the risk I took. I wanted it's attention on me so Aurewen and Ingram would be safer from its hooves" she didn't want to be chided like a child, especially not by him. "How bad do you really think it is Mahler?" she asked him softly though the vulnerability was gone and replaced with a steel edged determination.  She would come back from this and when she did, she would make sure another mistake didn't happen.