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Dos was polite and refused Elcid's request to eat the best bits first. Inwardly she was frustrated, and mentally whispered to herself drat! but outwardly, Elcid remained with a kind smile on her face and in her expression. Instead, Dos took a leg and the rest was pushed forward towards her. Her eyes shifted down to inspect the carcass, the fresh meat smelling heavenly to her. Her stomach, on the other paw, felt like it was doing flips within. Elcid pulled the rabbit towards her, nosed it to try and rip a piece free, and let it all fall from her muzzle, unable to eat. She needed to tell Dos the truth. If she ate the rabbit and ended up returning her stomach's contents, it would be a full out insult to Dos and her assistance. Downright rude. She couldn't be as such towards her new best friend. Instead, Elcid listened closely to Dos, her tail wagging as she was told she'd be able to meet her family soon. It gave her something to look forward to, and provided more reason for Elcid to share the truth of her condition with Dos. The healer had disappeared, but Dos - she felt - was here to stay in her life. "Your sister - Uno? Right? - will see that not all wolves are bad. There's good and bad wolves just like there's good and bad everything else." Or maybe there wasn't bad foxes and maybe instead she was just being assumptive. "Is there any sort of tradition for meeting a fox family? I'm afraid I don't know anything about foxes." She wanted to make sure that she was prepared, and if it meant figuring out how to bring a gift or offering, she would do it. When Dos asked her about her family in return, Elcid shared freely the details of her parents, though left out the sickness. "I have a large family, but it isn't like yours. We don't all stay together - or at least I couldn't. I'm the third litter from my parents and the smallest of my siblings. My oldest siblings had already grown and left and my older siblings were the youth of the pack, mostly hunting and marking territory. When I was old enough, about four months old, I was sent off to live with Zane and his mother Oracle. She raised me mostly, until the evil monster trapped me here." There was a short pause, then Elcid spoke up again but this time with a frown across her muzzle. "I have to tell ya something Dos. I was sent away because... I'm very sick. Oracle and Zane were the only ones who knew a way to stop the progression. Without it... well I can't eat. My gut twists and anything that goes down comes back up. I appreciate the rabbit but... I can't eat it. I'm sorry you went through the trouble for me." She reached down and nudged the rabbit back towards Dos, encouraging her again to eat the best bits so they didn't go to waste. "That's why I need to find Zane or Oracle. If I don't find them..." She wasn't going to say what would happen to her. |
Impatience doesn't mix with injuries