-Drake huffed.- "Didn't I tell you? It's broken even more now. Now you'll have to rest longer." -He sat down.- "Look, I don't want you up walking around. You could damage you paw to where it will never heal and it would just be in the way. You could never use it. So just stay put. I told you, I'll get the water, the food, the protection, whatever. Just stay!" -The male stood up and looked over at Suruti.- "Could you stay and help Dawn tend to May and the pups?" -He didn't wait for a reply and exited the den, circled around it, and leaped to the top, only to disappear in the split between the rocks once more.-