[In all honesty? He hadn't been sure this was going to even work. Chimera may not be smart, but that doesn't mean he's a match for one. He's certain that if it had really come to blows, he could have very well died performing that little stunt...magic of his own or no. Fortunately for all involved, the chimera doesn't seem interested in playing around with a creature who can command the ice and snow around it...which is probably actually pretty wise, on its part. And so it stomps off into the trees, disappearing into the darkness...freeing Rockfire up to relax, his head lifting and ears perking.
What he isn't expecting to find when he turns to look behind him is a human who seems so...small. So fragile. And so very, VERY heavily injured.
The blood he smelled is all Noah's. That alone is concerning enough, what with how much has clearly been lost...but this is the near top of a frigid mountain, covered with ice. Not only is he bleeding, he's freezing. He might actually die of hypothermia before he bleeds out, at this rate. He doesn't know the full extent of his injuries, and he isn't interested in dithering to find out. Instead, he shifts forms again- from quadrupedal to bipedal- his body filling out in a way that's more properly human-esc than the canine form he'd assumed to run here. Carrying him on his back otherwise would only work if he could easily get him there without dragging him through the snow. This won't be as fast on foot, but it's safest to keep Noah from suffering worse...at least, that's the thought process behind scooping his broken body up in his arms before he lopes away from the scene into the trees beyond.
It takes about half as long to get back to his home as it did to leave it, but it's the best he can do in the moment. He isn't sure if Noah is even conscious- he hasn't tried talking to him, he figures that might just make things more complicated- so instead he focuses on trying to get him stable. Into the cave first, where they are spared from the driving wind and snow, all the way to the back where Rockfire's "home" of sorts resides. Obviously he doesn't have the same things a human might, but he does value comfort. Much of this space is lined with soft things, like soft material from the forest, moss...even some cloths in places, from the bits he had been able to salvage from various excursions in a more wolf-like form to nearby settlements. Not in a way that could be stealing, necessarily...just things that had been dropped haphazardly, or littered. His now.
Anyway. Noah gets very gently laid down in what could best be called a nest, his paws carefully pushing it up so that he's not laying quite so flat on the hard rocks. Only then does he get a better look at the extent of his injuries...to see what he might have to do to save him.]
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Date: 2023-02-01 07:49 am (UTC)What he isn't expecting to find when he turns to look behind him is a human who seems so...small. So fragile. And so very, VERY heavily injured.
The blood he smelled is all Noah's. That alone is concerning enough, what with how much has clearly been lost...but this is the near top of a frigid mountain, covered with ice. Not only is he bleeding, he's freezing. He might actually die of hypothermia before he bleeds out, at this rate. He doesn't know the full extent of his injuries, and he isn't interested in dithering to find out. Instead, he shifts forms again- from quadrupedal to bipedal- his body filling out in a way that's more properly human-esc than the canine form he'd assumed to run here. Carrying him on his back otherwise would only work if he could easily get him there without dragging him through the snow. This won't be as fast on foot, but it's safest to keep Noah from suffering worse...at least, that's the thought process behind scooping his broken body up in his arms before he lopes away from the scene into the trees beyond.
It takes about half as long to get back to his home as it did to leave it, but it's the best he can do in the moment. He isn't sure if Noah is even conscious- he hasn't tried talking to him, he figures that might just make things more complicated- so instead he focuses on trying to get him stable. Into the cave first, where they are spared from the driving wind and snow, all the way to the back where Rockfire's "home" of sorts resides. Obviously he doesn't have the same things a human might, but he does value comfort. Much of this space is lined with soft things, like soft material from the forest, moss...even some cloths in places, from the bits he had been able to salvage from various excursions in a more wolf-like form to nearby settlements. Not in a way that could be stealing, necessarily...just things that had been dropped haphazardly, or littered. His now.
Anyway. Noah gets very gently laid down in what could best be called a nest, his paws carefully pushing it up so that he's not laying quite so flat on the hard rocks. Only then does he get a better look at the extent of his injuries...to see what he might have to do to save him.]