Firefly Ravine River Crossing

Tohka returned to the bank and stepped out onto dry land while Katora made her way down the side of the ravine. As she walked, she dragged her leg, looking a little more pathetic than necessary, though her side did throb when she shook the cold water out of her coat. She perked her ears at the sound of the other’s voice asking her about the nature of her pain. “Mostly dull,” she answered as she turned her head around to glance at her left flank. “I don’t see anything bleeding though, so maybe it’s just bruised.” As she spoke, she turned to her head towards the other to give her a questioning look.

It was then that she felt the stinging in her right hind paw where she had cut herself, and she noticed that she had left some blood droplets in the sand behind her. The cut on her paw was now covered in sand and would have to be cleaned out. “Except for my paw,” she said sheepishly. She hobbled back to the water’s edge to rinse off her paw and examine the cut.