[ In retrospect, he should have been more attentive to begin with. He was just so preoccupied with the presence of someone else that he couldn't help but be distracted from the dangers lurking in a swamp.
It was almost insulting the fact that he had to rely on someone who was nearly a stranger to defend himself. He could hardly stomach it. Rather than just taking this lying down, he pushed off the ground with his curled fist, picked his crutch up, and brought himself to his knees.
After some struggle, in which he doesn't even bother to answer her or her quips, he stands, and slowly makes his way to where the bird had been thrown to, not even sparing the fox-girl a glance as he passes her by. There, he falls knee-first onto where its breast and neck connect, holding it down firmly as he got a grip on it with both hands. It goes limp in the next instant, having had its neck snapped.
He takes a deep breath before examining his forearm, which had taken some deep bites and scratches. It risked infection, even more still with how badly he'd been bit near the end - he didn't care about any of that, though. His voice comes out as deadpan as ever, but this time the situation makes it seem just that much more sinister. ]
I'm so sorry for how edgy this is
It was almost insulting the fact that he had to rely on someone who was nearly a stranger to defend himself. He could hardly stomach it. Rather than just taking this lying down, he pushed off the ground with his curled fist, picked his crutch up, and brought himself to his knees.
After some struggle, in which he doesn't even bother to answer her or her quips, he stands, and slowly makes his way to where the bird had been thrown to, not even sparing the fox-girl a glance as he passes her by. There, he falls knee-first onto where its breast and neck connect, holding it down firmly as he got a grip on it with both hands. It goes limp in the next instant, having had its neck snapped.
He takes a deep breath before examining his forearm, which had taken some deep bites and scratches. It risked infection, even more still with how badly he'd been bit near the end - he didn't care about any of that, though. His voice comes out as deadpan as ever, but this time the situation makes it seem just that much more sinister. ]
Just a bird.