The Heartwood the comedy is that it's serious

"Hmm" the man pulled a face at the paw, lifting his good eye to view the other wolf "I can pull it out" he says now. Stopping the blood would be easy - all she had to do was keep licking the wound. It would also calm her nerves. "it will bleed" he also says "but not as much as you think."

For blood was just water. Bleeding cleaned wounds as well. So it was a good instinct for the body to have. "I... am a medic" he explains with a bowed head, staring at the splinter "my name is Holland, from Firefly Glen." But he didn't expect her to trust him just by this alone. If she was wary, he understood.