Firestone Hot Springs Escaping in the dark

@Aurëwen Hope this is ok <3 We can have this as a botany thread and Sheri as ranger/botany (Two birds with one stone) unless you want to keep it as planned that's fine.

She'd dragged herself here after laying in a field for days. Waiting. Hoping that infection would take her.
It didn't.
She was left burning up, freezing cold. Pushing through the wildflowers searching for food. She wasn't out of the woods yet, though. 

The woman, slumped beside a pool, looking down at the gently steaming water, desperately wanting to slither in and sink. Just to see how deep it was. She panted, the wound burning on her neck. The ghastly rip that opened to her ribs was puckered with scabbing and scar tissue. At least her infected leg was better. Not healed, but better.
She pushed closer to the water, it's warmness seeping into her fur, caressing her skin.
Another kick and it covered her body, her wounds with shocking pain that drew a stained bark from her. She pushed to stand, the quickest she'd moved for some time. 

Flicker stood, staring at the water, shaking with pain. Her side bled into the water, slowly.
She stood there, unable to move, for a long time.