Hideaway Strath Starfire

She gently prodded him, scarcely breathing as she performed her assessment. But Elfie was already rising onto all fours again, none the worse for wear. "I am fine," he insisted. Towhee's brow wrinkled and she took a step back to give him one last once over. Unbelievably, none of his legs were broken and he didn't even appear to have a scratch on him.

Towhee finally let out a ragged breath, shaking her head as she said, "You are some lucky, kiddo." Goddamn, she tacked on in her head, which still shook back and forth. She'd always heard kids were resilient but they were evidently made out of rubber too.

"Come on, let's get out of this before it gets worse," the Kilonova said, sweeping a foreleg to indicate the rainfall. She gave Elfie a nudge, then began loping in the direction of the rendezvous site, all the while trying not to dwell on the failed effort or her nephew's near death experience.