Ranuk allowed Tamlin to pull away and stand. His legs seemed sturdy, and Ranuk was glad that the elf hadnt been injured. As for himself...<br/><br/>The demon moved gingerly as he got on his feet, the dust and rock falling off his body in little avalanches. Other than the two tails which dragged on the ground, there were no other broken bones, but his hips felt incredibly tender and his ribs creaked. Bruised most likely, or so he hoped. He hated having cracked ribs, they were the most aggravating to heal.<br/><br/>Ranuk handed the stunned kitten to Tamlin to hold, and began to check himself over, stretching every limb carefully and finding them all sound except for the raw stinging scrapes. His sensitive ears did not hear movement in the glen other than the chirping of insects and birds, and so felt safe enough to take his time in shaking off the dust.<br/><br/>"Tails..." he huffed, more in annoyance than any true pain. They'd have to put in stilts to steady the bone.<br/><br/>Minas took great pride in his seven tails since the majority of her children only received five at the most. Whenever Ranuk's were injured, she made sure to heal or even regrow them altogether and Ranuk absolutely hated the feeling of it. Best to bandage them up rather than chop them off, though he has done that in the past.<br/><br/>Lucky for them there was a tree nearby with an abundance of sticks to use.<br/><br/>Ranuk turned his head to finally look at it and frowned in confusion. Something about this place felt hauntingly familiar even though he knew that he's never been here before.<br/><br/>He approached the tree slowly, moving with a slight limp as he pushed through the swaying grass. The trunk was born white and the blood red blooms were tantalizingly but smelled nothing like fruit blossoms, not cherry or pomegranate or any that Ranuk knew. It was vaguely like honeysuckle but darker, richer, as if they were dipped in some fragrant syrup, sticky and cloying.<br/><br/><div class="bbCodeSpoiler">
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