Swiftcurrent Creek I am not a legend, I'm a fraud

Mae frowned, realizing she was hurt at the same time she realized Kaiaka was hurt. Capable as the woman had proven herself, Mae hadn't imagined that she might have been hurt in the process. S'nothing, she brushed off Kaiaka's concern in favor of her own, abandoning the fallen deer to sniff over her companion.

No scent of the other woman's blood, but... Are you okay? You don't sound too hot, Mae's ears were pinned as she spoke, still nosing around Kaiaka as close as she dared. Her own wound bled anew with each movement, but she hardly noticed.