Noah hummed in acknowledgement to her thanks, as if saying she was welcome without really humming a noise that sounded anything like the words. Her reaction to him opening the bond was disheartening to see. He didn’t want her to feel what he felt but she insisted. The pain was similar to the early aches in his leg when he was attacked by the wolf alone in the Bronze Woods. They had not been bonded then, and thus she was spared accordingly. Even then, the age of the wound was around two weeks when Elann cared for him that time ago, so he was not in this much pain when she started caring for him. The Kelvic had resolved himself to hurt for the next two weeks, not knowing when he would be up and moving without pain again. He tried not to think on how his mother would react either. She had gone away before he got hurt and would probably find some way to blame herself over it. Little dove, he thought in her voice.

Elann’s cheery welcoming of him was the opposite of what he felt. Apparently she sensed that, saying she would be staying there with him in case he needed anything. She didn’t want him getting up, saying just to ask her and she would get it for him. 

“Okay,” he breathed in reply, not liking that.

There was pride in self-sufficiency to him, and perhaps he was too unwilling to swallow it for the sake of his injury. Yet, in his mind, he was a predator and took to loving what he did in the skies. He didn’t have to depend on anyone when he didn’t want to, and he found solace in isolation where others didn’t. Being fussed over and having others do things for him was annoying to deal with, especially when he could do it himself should he have not been injured. He didn’t whine or complain about it though, simply saying okay and leaving it at that, his annoyance fading quickly.

Breathing shallowly, he took in Elann’s new scent and found it familiar to the one she possessed before she adorned herself with rose powder and other soft and light fragrances. He found comfort in the new smell and, with nothing else to do, he wanted to sleep. He started drifting quickly into the transitional phase of sleep, dozing, and if Elann didn’t say anything he would continue on away.