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Taking Care of Crook Response

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Carefully Crook was carried into Echolight's den. She wateched in calm silence as Rainfrost and Bluesquall gently placed him on a fresh bed of moss on the floor of her den.

"Why is his leg all bent strangely like that?" Robinpaw asks staring at Crook's leg making a face.

"It's broken." Echolight replied simply not having to look it over to be able to notice.

Crook's face paled a little. "Broken? Are you sure?" He asks.

"Duh. Of course she's sure. She's the medicine cat." Robinpaw hissed rolling her eyes.

"Robinpaw, remember what I told you? Medicine cats are supposed to be kind, caring, and patient with our patients." Echolight scolded her.

"Yeah yeah I remember." Robinpaw grumbled bitterly.

"She's quite the delight isn't she?" Rainfrost whispered sarcastically to Echolight.

"Yes unfortunately this is one of her better moods today." Echolight whispered back with a sigh.

"Do you need any help?" Rainfrost asks changing the subject. She had once spent some time with Echolight and learned a few of the medicine cat basics in order to help the she-cat with the large number of patients at the time.

"Thanks Rainfrost but I am going to take this opportunity to teach Robinpaw about caring for broken limbs." Echolight replied.

Rainfrost nodded. "Good luck." She says as she and Bluesquall left the den.

"So now I am a test subject?" Crook asks.

"Afraid so Crook but don't worry. There's never been a broken bone I wasn't able to repair." Echolight assured him.

Crook sighed with relief. "Good."

Echolight padded over to the herb storage beckoning Robinpaw with a flick of her tail to follow her. "Alright Robinpaw since Crook's leg is broken we need a few herbs to help sustain him. The first thing we need is Comfrey. It's only purpose is the use of broken bones." Echolight told her as Robinpaw seemed to listen in her usual bored and uninterested way.

"This one is Comfrey. I want you to memorize it well because it is the herb you will be using most often while Crook is in our care." Echolight added ignoring Robinpaw's bored expression. She passed the herb to her letting her look it over, sniff it, and feel it so she could remember it for next time.

"Next we will use some Tansy. it is not particularly important but it's nice to use to help relieve some of the pain in his leg joints." She adds passing the tansy leaves over to her apprentice so she could memorize that one as well.

"After that is cobwebs and a stick for a splint to keep the leg still and in place while it heals." She continued passing Robinpaw the cobwebs and small stick she kept in her storage.

"And finally the Poppy seeds to help him get some rest and relieve any other pain he is having as you already know." Echolight finished giving her a couple poppy seeds.

Robinpaw followed Echolight over to Crook and watched as her mentor worked.

"Watch closely Robinpaw because I want you to help do some of this tomorrow so you can practice it too." Echolight instructed her as she first gave Crook the comfrey telling him to chew it to a pulp and not swallow it but spit it back out. Next she told him to chew and swallow the tansy. After that she took the pulp of Comfrey and stuck it onto his broken leg causing him to hiss in pain before adding the stick and wrapping the leg up tight with cobwebs. Lastly she gave him the Poppy seeds telling him to swallow them.

"Now what?" Robinpaw asks.

"Now I want you to get a leaf and bring him some water to drink for when he wakes up later." Echolight told her as Crook began to slowly drift off to sleep.

"Fine." Robinpaw grumbled before doing as she was told.

"How long am I to stay here?" Crook asked sleepily.

"Until the leg heals which I am afraid will take a while." Echolight told him.

Crook didn't look too pleased about that but didn't say anything more as he finally drifted off to sleep and Robinpaw placed the leaf holding the water down in front of him.
Here is my short written response to Crook being injured and Echolight and her apprentice taking care of him.


Rainfrost and Crook belong to :iconsnowangelrika:

Robinpaw belongs to :iconferry-chan:

Bluesquall belongs to :iconriverclancatz:

Echolight belongs to Me
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Robinpaw: Great. Now I get to be a babysitter....