Completed Unexpected Hunting

[Daishira]

Shit, cats! was the first thought Daishira consciously thought. He would have shuffled away, if not for the dying pain in his leg. It was not that bad, compared to earlier. But how long ago was earlier? He was badly disorientated. When Kai walked in, she bore a few scratches on her face, and this indicated that it was not that long ago. Probably in the same day. She had saved me...

Daishira was too weak to speak more than a few words at a time. Pain and tiredness contributed to this. The food next to him smelled nice at least, if only he had the appetite. Despite Kai looking rather messy, Daishira still thought she looked nice. Even lovely. A messy Kai was a different Kai, she looked good from another perspective. As she kneeled down beside him, he said weakly, "What happened?"

[Kai]

"We were lucky indeed." she smiled. "There was another group of Drykas out hunting and they came to our rescue. Thank the webbing."

Kai was a goody-two-shoes of a child. Sure she sneaked out a lot, but never got up too much mischief. She didn't hunt large animals alone. And should she ride into the Sea of Grass alone, she always brought her cats along. They were stronger than they seemed. So she never really had any use for the webbing, apart from maybe social issues. She suddenly became very concerned as she heard rumours of damages within the invisible force which bound all Drykas together into a great family.

She stroked the muzzle of her precious strider, kissing the massive soft nostrils. "There there girl." she whispered softly, producing a couple of sugar cubes and feeding Papus. Then she turned back to Daishira. "My father is very angry but he's glad we're both ok."

[Daishira]

All the words circled him, eluding his senses, he could only make out certain words. He had to concentrate, and even then did he only hear, "Thank the webbing." He would love to, if it wasn't for his state. He relaxed after the shock of cats again and his consciousness blipped between awake and asleep.

With the occasional effort to gulp every now and then, sweat slyly slipped from his skin. "Kai... Thank you..."

Then, Kai's sungold entered his vision and she tended to it, like a good Drykas should. He wondered if his horse was alright too. Too much effort to ask though. There was also the element of a pounding beat in his head combined with a harmonic whistle, which seemed to last forever and pierce his eardrums, that stopped Daishira's tongue. Instead, he tried staying awake to listen to his carer talk, if she so wished, as he could not possibly sleep with this godforsaken whistle invading his mind.