Runo winced; apparently he couldn't twist his body enough to reach certain parts of the injury with his tongue without causing himself further injury. The small surface that he had been able to reach was healing nicely thanks to the saliva treatment, but this clearly wasn't something he could completely fix on his own. [i]This is why it's important to have a pod,[/i] he thought sadly. For a moment, fear ran through his brain before he realized that he probably couldn't be attacked by sharks on dry land. Thankful for that, at least, he was able to calm down fairly quickly. 

...But what if there was an air-breathing shark somewhere in this structure? There had been plenty of other creatures he hadn't even dreamed of meeting in here, so why not? It took quite a bit of willpower to keep from completely panicking at this thought; sharks were a very real and common threat to his way of life, so it was hard not to be nervous whenever he bled a lot. 

A little rattled by the idea still, he completely ignored what was going on around him and tried again to go back to licking the wound closed, even though he knew that it wouldn't be possible to complete it. The back was still all smashed up beyond his reach.