Ouroboros Spine I can't breathe, this hole in my chest

it was unusual to hear such a strained voice call for her, and for a moment shikoba's heart raced that bad news has come to her home once again. so the woman comes to leave her duties and lope towards the source of the sound, upon which she can see the troubled form of rodyn grow in her sight. and so the woman speeds up, sending out a bark to him as if to say "help is on the way!"

and when she comes to his fallen figure, shikoba brushes her nose against the man's shoulder and neck, searching for injury and feverishly asking him "what troubles you, rodyn?"