Otter Creek Override by fear

Her delirium did not escape him, and he frowned gently. Taikon had seen illnesses of the mind before, but whatever this was, he simply did not have the knowledge to diagnose it. Trauma both mental and physical could cause things like this, but the fact that she was also in heat could have been related. Part of him wished now that he might have become a healer so as to better care for the people around him. It seemed more relevant than ever given this woman's ailment.
As he dragged her, he hoped that it was not something serious. He hoped that someone would come to their aid, as he felt more than a little bit out of his element.
It didn't take long for Minnow to appear. He didn't know her apart from her vague abilities to help when needed, so she was more than a welcome sight. He released his grip on the cinnamon woman and frowned as he explained the situation. I'm not sure — I found her collapsed at our borders. She's delirious. I don't know what's wrong, he said, looking over the woman a bit frantically as he lightly moved his nose over her shoulder, hoping to glean some kind of information.