Hawksnest565

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Aya couldn't help but give a small smile at Sacha's kindness. Everyday she was grateful that it was Sacha above all others who lead the Rabins. She quickly turned her attention back to Destin's body. In the past people who had fallen into the river tended to get scrapes and bruises from the rocks. Someone as small and delicate as him in this form was bound to have worse injuries than that. She first checked his head, which thankfully showed no signs of trauma, but as she moved down to his torso one side was clearly swelling from impact with something hard. "Sacha, would you mind grabbing me a compress? There should be one on my desk in the medicine tent."

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Despite their conversation about Destin earlier, Aya knew that Sacha wasn't heartless. She tried to catch her breath and moved Destin's body to the fire as she recounted what happened as calmly as possible. "I was showing Brick the river, when we found Kianna there. She'd just saved Destin from the river... He was dying." Aya layed Destin by the warm fire, parting some of the jackets which bound him so that Sacha could see him and so she could observe if he been injured.

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"I... uh..." Aya felt tears welling up in her eyes. What was that about? She blinked them away furiously, knowing that she couldn't succumb to the want to hold him and cry. His tiny purrs fell into her ears as she ran at last causing a few tears to spill. "I missed you too." She didn't know how much time passed but it felt like an eternity when was finally at the camp entrance, breath ragged from her pace.

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Whatever Destin was saying, he seemed to be delirious. Aya didn't pay attention to his request. She gratefully took the jacket from Kianna and wrapped him in it around her own. With that, she began to run back to camp, keeping him close to her chest. "You're going to be just fine." she tried to say soothingly as she dodged the low hanging branches on her path.

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Aya let out a sigh of relief, and at the word angel once again felt eclipsed by her feelings. She blushed, but forced herself to refocus. She scooped up his small body in her jacket and it held it close. "I'll have to get you back to camp." she didn't even think of him as a Brom. In that moment he was a life who needed to be saved. She stood up and turned to Brick and Kianna. "Guys, I have to take Destin back to camp!"

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Aya parted Destin's mouth and did the best she could to breathe into it, avoiding his tiny sharp teeth and then continued to press on his chest. If he didn't respond, would it be best to take him to a hospital? Or a vet? She didn't know if she could get him there in time. "Come on... Wake up..." she murmured no louder than a whisper.

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Aya barely registered whatever Kianna said, although in the back of her mind was the thought that she'd have to make sure the other girl was warmed up after this. There was no breath from Destin's mouth. She tilted his head to the side and then began to gently push on his chest, counting as she went. She felt a calm come over her as she followed the motions she knew so well from practice. Getting air into his lungs would be difficult.

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Aya pushed Kianna aside, perhaps a bit too brusquely but she knew what had to be done. Thankfully from her experience CPR didn't vary too much when it came to the vast menagerie of animals she'd dealt with, although it would have been more helpful had the shifter been in human form. However, when the tiny body was beneath her hands she felt a sharp jolt. This... This was Destin! Her mind was a blank for a moment. How had he fallen into the river? What if someone found out they'd talked and then they'd hurt him? Was this her fault? Her emotions shouldn't have been twisted so strongly - they'd only just met! - but her lungs felt like they were filling up with the same water that was soaking his.
She took a deep breath. She couldn't let her emotions distract her. Whoever the patient was did not change what actions needed to be taken. She checked if he was breathing.

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Aya came out of the trees that part near the edges of the riverbank. She wasn't quite sure what she'd been expecting to find. A Brom maybe, or a Rabin? Or maybe just the peaceful river flowing between the banks as it always did. Whatever her expectations, this had not been among them. Kianna, bending over a tiny sodden body desperately trying to bring back life to it. With the fur wet, slicked back and slightly far from her, Aya had no way of telling it was Destin. Given the circumstances, the first person to come to mind was Selena who shifted into a cat. Forgetting about Brick in the consuming thought of her duty, she ran to Kianna and cried out her name. "Kianna! What's happened?!"

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@Azereiah

Aya was strangely comforted by the man's touch. He seemed confident in what he was doing and she felt he could trust him.

"Thank you." she smiled, and began to walk ahead. "It's not too far from here! The river can be a really pretty sight when you're not fighting someone. It flows pretty fast though, so make sure to be careful when you're at the edge. It can flood after heavy rain too but it's usually not serious. There's also some shallow crossing points. That's where fights usually break out."