Edna
```fix
Years / Months Ago, in a stormy night in Silnaria. 
```
The job's done. Sirdan's just butchered an entire temple along with Akaise, some bloody loud-mouthed teenager, and a gorgeous kitsune. 

The pay was taken, and the mysterious benefactor turned out to be ....Well, quite mysterious. And seemingly armed with enough men to have killed the whole party. 

Sirdan turned toward the kitsune as they walked back, toward Sirdan's summoned horses and whatever mount Yukine came in on - if any. He glanced at her wounded, wrapped hands. 

"So, what's next? Looks like Kenpachi and Akaise are going the other way, should probably get back to a city... Far away from here."
Charles
*Frustration.* That was all the kitsune could feel at the moment. 

The quest was a success, they were rewarded for their efforts and each went their own way. But Yukine made a mistake, one that cost her a hand, *Literally.*

The woman was standing next to a gray horse, which had used to arrive on the temple, looking at her bandaged hand while swearing quietly. Hearing the familiar voice, she noticed Sirdan, one of the people she had fought, approaching.

"Hm? Ah, hi. I think I'll need to find someone to fix" She paused for a moment, raising her wrapped hand. "This."
Jodi
"...Right, and we shouldn't be looking for any places nearby." He looked at the temple, its wreckage was still burning in the distance. 

Nope, he didn't like that. 

"Let's ride somewhere far away, get some transport, try to not get any questions asked and then get it healed up. I don't think that was innocent prisoner. We just raided a temple." 

"We could ride south to Mentia or take a boat out. Your choice."

It was at this point, Sirdan recalled how deep they were in inland Silnaria. 

"Nevermind about the boat. There's no way we can reach a river for eighty miles."
Charles
She followed Sirdan's gaze, watching the flames take over every inch of the temple.

"I think Lie is a good choice. Either way we should get out of here." Yukine nodded in the direction of Sirdan's horse, and looked at the gray animal beside her. Maybe riding will be a little difficult with a hand like this.

"When we get there, we will find a place to solve this problem. Until then, I will have to put up with my hand in this state." She sighed with a little disappointment, frustration, or even anger, not sure.
Jodi
Sirdan patted his horse and then looked at her. 

"Well, how good are you at riding horses? If you are proficient enough to control it with your legs and with weapons in your hand, you can ride it one-handed. It is a bit dangerous, however. So maybe you can get on the same horse and we'll swap them out as they get exhausted." 

He climbed onto his own horse and offered his hand, only to realize that well, Yukine was missing a hand herself. So he got off the saddle, and offered to help her with his hands onto the horse first. 

Then he would climb on after he and start riding away, leading the other horse to follow as they rode south.

As the two continued their journey south, after around two miles of riding, the two would happen upon an abandoned campsite. 

There was a campfire made with piled boulders, and imprints of what was once a bed. There was nothing much useful left behind, except for what appears to be food. 

Except it was discarded, rotten food, Sirdan look at it with disappointment.
Charles
Yukine's riding skills are decent, but one-handedness might require attention that she is not willing to give, at least not right now. "It seems like a good idea to me."

*A hand. *

Yukine stared at the hand in front of her, and then at the elf's eyes.

Her face showed disbelief for a moment, before she climbed onto her horse with his help. *It's not possible...* She thought. A very small smile appeared on her lips, disappearing almost as fast as it appeared. Her remaining free hand held where she could to keep her balance as they went on their way.

-

Upon arriving at the camp, Yukine arched an eyebrow. She had not gotten off the horse.

She tilted her head a little, asking the man "Did you find anything useful?"
Jodi
"Nothing useful. This looks like a hunter's camp." Sirdan said, and he headed toward one of the corner, kicking around some dirt to try to find anything useful. 

"Just a bunch of trash." 

As Sirdan talked about the trash, Yukine would hear the whimper of a wolf from a corner. Sirdan seems to have not noticed it yet, seemingly busy on some kind of detective work regarding the camp's former occupant. Though if Sirdan's attention was called, he would follow Yukine. 

Some five meters away, a wolf lied on the floor, bleeding and crippled - it looked like a crossbow bolt had embedded itself in one of its leg, and the wolf is somehow alone and away from the rest of its pack. It looks like a male cub.
Charles
Yukine nodded to Sirdan, a little disappointed by the lack of resources they could use. But her feeling was soon gone as she heard the noise in the distance. She looked at the elf to check if he had noticed, but noted that he was in his own world as he looked for something.

She climbed down the horse with some difficult, almost stumbling when landing, patting it with her healthy hand before leaving to follow the noise. "Sirdan! There is some animal here, a wolf I think. It's whining."

Yukine didn't wait for her partner to respond and headed in the direction of the creature. She was shocked by its state when she found the wolf.

A cub coldly struck.

"Oh my-" She looked around to make sure there were no others around, crouching down to get a better look at him.
Jodi
Sirdan jumped a bit, alarmed at Yukine calling out at him, and then turned toward her climbing down the horse, almost tumbling. 

He quickly followed her, and looked at the crossbow bolt. He kneeled down, and examined the wound. 

"Ah, the wound isn't too bad, it is something we can fix. I can't talk with it though..." He looked at the wolf, who whimpered and looked at Yukine and Sirdan. He kneeled down. 

"...Well, this would be troublesome.." He said, holding his hand to cast a spell of restoration,"We'll have to pull that out, and it may find it to hurt and not like us... Uhhh..." Sirdan seems at loss, and looked at Yukine's hands. What if it went aggressive and attacked the two? 

He started patting the wolf's ears, flattening it to calm it down.

The wolf calmed down after the headpats, and seems convinced of the two's beneficial intentions... Probably. 

"Mind patting him while I pull it out... Actually, no, that might be dangerous. Let's not leave any hand near his mouth... You just... Watch."

Sirdan prepared to pull the bolt out, hovering his face away from the wolf - their remaining limbs are still quite functional. 

With one hand, he steadily grabbed onto the wolf's arm, and it flailed a bit. He took a deep breath, and then examined the wound, before yanking it out. 

A loud, pained yelp, and the wolf flailed on the floor, attempting to get away from the source, but falter again from the wound. He cast his spell of restoration on the wolf, mending the wound.

The cub's wound is cured. 

And then it turned toward the person who did not seemingly hurt him - namely, Yukine. It instantly ran up to her, recognizing her wolf-likeness. Maybe it is because she's a kitsune, a fellow canid. Or some other thing. 

It nuzzled against her and tried to follow her. For some reason, it seems less inclined to like Sirdan. 

Sirdan looks hurt.