Blacktail Deer Plateau Long may she reign

last from me, sorry for out of order @Finley but I thought I'd give you something to respond to :)
Edit: augh and @Tytonidae, whoops! If you wanted to post before let me know and I can delete this

Dante nodded at Osprey's suggestion, grateful for the input and assistance. Before he moved to pick her up, he looked at Finley. "Perhaps you should stay in my den tonight? I'll likely stay with Junior to make sure nothing happens, but I'd feel better with you out of her way." If she suddenly woke and decided to challenge Finley for whatever reason she could undo a lot of the Caldera wolf's healing. "I can take you there after we get her back, it isn't far." He hadn't had the chance to dig it out much since finding it, but Finley was smaller so would fit just fine.

Bending down, he grasped Junior by the nape, lifting her high as he could so that only her paws dragged instead of the injured forelegs. Thank goodness he was tall, thoufh he'd be feeling it in his neck by the time they were done. Junior wasn't exactly small anymore, even with whatever weight had been lost to illness.