Hideaway Strath leave the bones alone

attn @Augur and permission to find the body in this thread granted OOC'ly, wounds NS received also discussed!

New Snow had not been able to get her face away from the old and experienced man. Her muzzle, her ear, and just around her eye had received the brunt of the wounds. She was not the best of fighters to start with (nor was she the worst), but against a man of that skill there was much to be desired in reference to her own ability. New Snow had acted more hunter than fighter; she had hoped to strike his already weak side, but he had guarded it well.

She had done damage too. Her mate probably the majority of it. New Snow, bloodied but not beaten, took a breath and set off after the old man. They had hit him hard enough for the rest of the fight to be done with sooner rather than later, if any was left. She was exhausted herself, and she found that her nose now was clogged entirely. Perhaps by sickness, though she snorted out blood. Her own, or the mans, the bloodied New Snow could not truly discern.

Her shoulder ached. New Snow found that her own limp was obvious. It would be up to the healers skill, if it would be permanent. New Snow found his blood-stained paw prints soon enough. And she called to her man lowly, the sound now ending in a loud cough. They had started this fight, together; and she would not finish it without him there. 

In her sorry state, New Snow was not certain that she could have.

Her left ear turned—she winced, not knowing then that the man they had battled had succeeded in providing her a notch there.