Dragoncrest Cliffs Some feathers I stole from the birds

Tentatively, she braced her shoulder against his, so that in place of her own paw, she could trust the sturdiness of his. Concentrating on the task of matching their strides so that their outside legs and inside legs worked together distracted her a bit from the pain, and brought faint smile to her pained face. She wasn't exactly graceful or well-coordinated, so it took a lot of her focus in order to figure out when to hop to her other front foot, and when to brace her shoulder against his so she could skip a step. 

She shook off his apology; still thinking too hard to dismiss it verbally. Suzu had made the choice to experiment on her own- and she couldn't expect Etienne to shield her from everything; but being there in the aftermath meant a lot to her. 

"Mebbe now," She said, pausing while she skipped a step, leaning against him. "I grow anot'er foot. Like starfish." A weak attempt at humour.