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Today was not proving to be the best day for our young greenblood. Panting and covered in blood, Aconan half-shoved, half-dragged her lusus into the nearby cave. She hadn't had time to give it a proper examination, but it didn't look fancy or over the top or have any visible trap, so it hopefully shouldn't be a highblood's cave, even if it was inhabited (which she wasn't sure about either, from her brief check - most inhabited caves were trapped, after all, even just to prevent accidental intruders if not to prevent deliberate... but in fairness they weren't going very far in the cave, so maybe the traps would be later.)

Either way, the important thing was they weren't currently under attack in here, like they had been outside - Aconan herself was relatively uninjured, but Loupsus was bleeding from numerous pecks and cuts, and she could see burrs and clawtips stuck into his thick fur that would need coming out before they got knotted into the fur or infected a wound. Thankfully none of his wounds were deep enough to need stitching, but the one near his neck would need gluing because it was on his neck nd would be moving a lot so wouldn't scab very well.

Aconan told her lusus to sit whilst she pulled out the first aid kit. Loupsus huffed and flopped on his side, splattering more blood across both Aconan and the floor in great globules. The troll responded by giving her lusus a less-than-pleased look, but this was belied by her gentleness as she started to pull free the stuff stuck in his coat, whilst her lusus kept an ear on the cave entrance warily.

Loupsus gave a short bark as Lynxmom approached, and sat up - not stood up, as to prove too aggressive, but enough to show he was protecting his charge, and would not stand for aggression. He kept both his pairs of ears flat, and lolled his tongue, keeping his teeth hidden, trying to communicate his non-aggression. Aconan gave a friendly yip to the new lusus, which seemed to be enough to reassure the lusus that the pair meant no harm, and padded over to sit near Aconan and purr.

Aconan relaxed at that - whilst being an expert on canines, she knew enough about felines to know that purring was generally a comforting noise, and not an aggressive one. She had finished gluing the bigger cuts now, so she was just picking out things from Loupsus's coat, now.

And then the other troll appeared. Aconan blinked, tilting her head questioningly as the other spoke.

"...."

She paused, considering. Did she want to let this strange troll near her lusus?

"...if you don't mind the blood, I would appreciate help getting the burrs and claws from his coat."

In the end, Aconan decided to trust the other - for now.