Duskfire Glacier Like you imagined

"You don't need to go through so much trouble."

Lane waved away his words with a swish of her tail. "I could use a distraction," she admitted with a shrug. 

He tried again to voice his thoughts, this time naming a feeling. Guilt. Lane knew that one intimately herself, in fact. 

"I sent you out there to hunt, knowing full well that you were new to the area and on your own, with no backup. And now you're hurt. ..So let me do my thing here, okay?" Lane's tone began matter-of-fact, but softened into a lighthearted plead by the time she was finished speaking. 

As they finished at the lake and moved toward the medicine den, Tuuluuwaq made one more hail-mary pass to try to alleviate his guilt. 

"I know you must be busy."

"Honestly... I've kind of got a big hole in my schedule, now. I was busy night and day taking care of Wintersbane-- he's our former alpha, and my kids' father. But ah.. he's just passed." Lane's caseload was considerably lighter now, and she was looking for something to distract her. 

Lane busied herself mixing an antiseptic poultice. She kept her eyes trained downward, focused on her task and determined not to let her emotions surface.