Dragoncrest Cliffs This place is all he's ever known

If she'd known he'd had the end of the branch in his mouth, she might have tried to warn him a bit more before she let her branch slip. He coughed and gagged, and she wilted, drawing a bit closer as she wanted to help, but not stifle him. She watched him with a frown, concerned even though he said he was fine. "We'll take a break," She assured him, and moved to his side where she sat down, as she would whenever she was with her brothers. She reached out to nose the bottom of his jaw in an apology. 

But she still couldn't help herself. 

"You feeling OK?" She asked after a moment, looking up at him with her ears turned back. "I am sorry, Swordfish, I lost my grip but ouffff, I did not t'ink you would 'ave it down your t'roat like dat!" She exclaimed. "Ouf, if I 'ad to go an' tell your parents you die by driftwood, dey would kill me!"