Sleepy Fox Hollow Darjeeling road

Wow, dramatic. Wylla supposed that was par for the course since he was literally a teenager. She'd been Major Drama Bitch #1 when she was a juvenile and not much had changed since then. It was surprising, then, how annoying she found Elfie's response, because there was nothing helpful in it. No, I'm not feeling well, or no, my head hurts would've been actionable, but just no while lifting a hind leg to scratch and then lying down was about as helpful as a pile of dung.

No, what? she prompted, frowning at the sound of his whimpers. She wasn't compassionate enough for this and even her status as a mother did little to lend sympathy. If he was Tiercel, she would've kicked her daughter in the side of the head for giving such a useless response. No one can help you if you just lie there feeling sorry for yourself and not saying what's wrong, she flatly pointed out.

Maybe leaving him here to wallow would be kinder than her special brand of bitter medicine.