Emmeline looked up at him and nodded, "If you need anything when we get close to town I can get it." She gave him a slight smile, "Are you sure you don't need help? Don't wait until you collapse to tell me, you'll just hurt yourself more then."
"I'm fine…. It's… Just annoying pain…." Miles grunted, his tail lashing. I hope the village has a hotel or something of the sort….
"Miles, you just got your leg caught in a bear trap, it's not going to just be an annoying pain." She looked up at him with a concerned look on her face, "Don't hurt yourself just because of your pride."
His ears snapped back. "I'm not doing it because of my pride!" He snarled. "I want to get as far as I can before those hunters come along and kill me!" Who are you kidding… Why are you still walking??? Even if it does hurt a little? A lot? Too much? Miles growled and shook his head. "The hell…"
She flinched slightly, "I didn't say we had to stop," She said, focusing back on the ground, "I don't want the hunters to come back either..don't mind what I said, let's just keep going."
He grumbled a little, pushing himself to keep moving. "Alright then…." But how am I gonna get a place to sleep without turning back into a human…?
A while later, Miles and Emmiline came up on a hill in the road, and he pointed down to a small handful of houses and buildings down below under the shade of large oak trees. "Down there – there's the village I was talking about." He stopped to take a breath.
Emmeline smiled softly, "I'll go down and check if they have a store, do you need me to get anything?" She walked to the side of the path and set the pack down, glancing back at him and silently asking for some money.
"Food and water," He said nicely, handing her his coin sack. "That sounds good." Miles hopped over and carefully set himself down on the ground to rest himself. I'll just chill here while she goes into town.
"Alright," She said, nodding and taking the coin sack. She smiled at him before heading down to the village, humming softly as she did. She arrived and smiled when she saw a building that looked like a store, heading over to it and walking inside.
Miles tried wrapping himself in his cloak, which actually covered him as it was if he were humanly. Hopefully she doesn't take long…. He tucked the bag under his bent legs to protect it. I don't know how long I can stay out here…
She entered the shop and smiled happily when she saw that they sold food as well as supplies. She bought food immediately and then started looking for things for Miles' leg. She found another roll of bandages and bought that as well, though there was no ointment for the wound and she got slightly nervous.
After she had bought everything she started back to him, humming lightly as she came up to him.
Miles heard footsteps and he flinched, turning around. "Oh. That was awfully quick," He said quietly. "Did they have what you were looking for?"
"Most of it, they didn't have any ointment for your wound though," She set the food down and the roll of bandages, sitting down next to him, "Do you know when we'll reach the larger town?"
"If you insist on keeping me immobilized…. Then maybe later in the afternoon…." Miles set the supplies aside from between his legs and lied down, curled up. "Or maybe sooner in the afternoon. It's up to you."
Emmeline nodded, "Are you taking a nap?" She grabbed a bit of the food and glanced down at him, starting to hum again.
"…Perhaps??? I'm not too sure yet." Miles' tail wagged. "I am pretty hungry…." He licked his chops seductively.
Emmeline pointed to the food, "That's why I bought this," She finished eating what she had taken and she laid her legs out straight, stretching, "I have a feeling I'm going to be quite exhausted and sore when we reach wherever we're going."
"Well, wait…. What kind of food did you get?" He slid over to her, putting his nose to work. "Apples?…. Carrots…? Edible mushrooms?…. Cabbage?" It all seemed a bit ironic since he was craving more meat than usual, but he didn't let it bother him.
"Yes, yes, yes and yes, they had some pieces of meat so I bought a small piece as well, we'll have to make a fire if you want it cooked though," She said, looking over at him and nodding.
Miles snickered. "Bold of you to think I have to have meat cooked to eat it while I'm like this…" He curled up next to her. "If you want you can practically treat me like a dog for almost everything… Except my intelligence…."
Emmeline smiled, "Alright then," She grabbed a small bundle that was wrapped in white paper. She tore the paper open and showed him the meat, "Is that good?"
"Yeeeeeeees," He said happily, carefully taking the paper. "This is perfect…." He pulled the paper apart to reveal the meat. He took it in his hands and gnawed on it greedily, not caring. He was hungry with his stomach wavering. His tail wagged happily as he ate, slapping the ground and having it wave all over the place.
"You are just a giant dog," She said with a smile, shifting so that she was laying against his back, "A giant, soft, warm dog."
He swallowed his meat and was chewing on the bone when he got the compliment. "Aww, thanks…." His tail wagged harder. "It isn't every day that werewolves get appreciated. In fact, they're never really appreciated…. Or even seen as relatively good…." He clamped his jaws on the bone and kept it there.
Emmeline smiled, "As long as you aren't going to kill me, it's nice having a friend who's a werewolf." She ran her hands through his fur and looked over at him, "I'm liking it so far."
Miles grinned when she began petting him. It was the very first time anyone has really…. Touched him like that while he was that way, let alone touched at all. "Well, I'm liking it too," He purred seductively. "And as long as you don't anger me I won't have thoughts about killing you."
"Then I'll try not to anger you." She smiled and continued petting him, humming softly, "I vote we take a break before we keep going." She said, looking over at him, "What do you say?"
He picked the last small shreads of meat off the bone with his tongue. "I could go for that. I think my injured leg has done enough walking for now anyways…." Miles turned and glanced at her. "But do we want to reach the larger town today or maybe tomorrow midday?"
"Tomorrow sounds good, I just can't forget to get the ointment for your leg." She closed her eyes and just leaned against him, happy for the break.
Miles set the clean bone aside and curled up around her, taking in a deep breath. "I promise I won't forget…." He said softly.