Chapter 11
When Darkslash awoke, he heard an odd noise coming from outside the infirmary room door. Pricking up his ears, he tried to figure out what the sound was. When he finally thought he knew what it was, the noise stopped. Figuring it was nothing, Darkslash settled down and went back to sleep. About that same time, Glen was thinking about the fox up in the infirmary, why was the abbess allowing him to stay? She knew that Darkslash was good as an interpreter between Wyatt and everybeast in the abbey, but still, she couldn't stop thinking about what happened to her that night, the battle, and the pain she experienced when he cut her legs with his sword. She remembered that she couldn't move, and that she had to be carried back to the abbey for treatment. She vowed that she would kill the fox that nearly costed her the ability to walk or swim. Knowing that the fox was injured with a leg injury made her feel better, "At least he can't run away." She said to herself.
Abbess Birch was walking along a hallway when she noticed that a couple of dibbuns were playing with a wooden top that the cellar-keeper had made for them many season's ago. The sound it made in the hallway was strange, almost spectral. Smiling when the dibbuns noticed her she told them to go outside, because they could be disturbing the two creatures in the sickbay. The dibbuns complied by moving outside and continuing their game there. Abbess Birch then decided to go and check up on the two that were in the infirmary. When the abbess got there, she saw that they were still sleeping. Getting the parchment from the table, she decided to get herself ready for when Wyatt woke up, it was almost time to start teaching him some basic woodlander writing and speech.
When Wyatt awoke, he noticed that there was someone other than Darkslash in the room. Looking around, he saw the abbess next to his bed. Setting himself up on his good arm, he pointed to the parchment with the writing that Elm had done earlier. Pointing to the individual letters, he managed to ask the abbess a question. "Hello Abbess Birch. What are you doing here anyway?"
She smiled as she wrote down, "I am here to teach you your first language. We will start with a few basic words like 'hello' and stuff like that. So, if you are ready, we will begin the lesson."
I nodded my head and we began. After working a few of the speech works, I managed to say, 'helo.' After some more working, I managed to say 'hello'. She then wrote down that I have to say that a few more times before continuing. After I managed to say it a few more times, she decided it was time to try some letters. After writing down what she was going to do, we started saying the letters of the alphabet. Starting from the letter 'a' and working on up to 'z'. We managed to get through them all, then Birch wrote down that that was it for today's lesson. I nodded in agreement and pointed out the word 'goodbye'. After that, she left the room, closing the door quietly. As she walked down the hall, she could see Glen hovering nearby. Curious to see what she was up to, she walked towards Glen. When Glen saw her approaching, she hurriedly put her paws up close to her face and pretended to look at her claws. Abbess Birch stood in front of the otter skipper, paws to her sides as she asked Glen, "What are you doing up here, pray?"
Glen was still looking at her claws as she responded, "Nothing much. Just taking a stroll and seeing if I could check up on those two in the infirmary. Might as well get to know them while they're here.."
The abbess smiled knowingly, she knew what the big otter was really there for, but she couldn't let her get to the fox inside the infirmary. Taking the otter's big paw into hers, she led Glen away from the infirmary and it's two occupants inside, who were sleeping soundly.
When Darkslash awoke, he heard an odd noise coming from outside the infirmary room door. Pricking up his ears, he tried to figure out what the sound was. When he finally thought he knew what it was, the noise stopped. Figuring it was nothing, Darkslash settled down and went back to sleep. About that same time, Glen was thinking about the fox up in the infirmary, why was the abbess allowing him to stay? She knew that Darkslash was good as an interpreter between Wyatt and everybeast in the abbey, but still, she couldn't stop thinking about what happened to her that night, the battle, and the pain she experienced when he cut her legs with his sword. She remembered that she couldn't move, and that she had to be carried back to the abbey for treatment. She vowed that she would kill the fox that nearly costed her the ability to walk or swim. Knowing that the fox was injured with a leg injury made her feel better, "At least he can't run away." She said to herself.
Abbess Birch was walking along a hallway when she noticed that a couple of dibbuns were playing with a wooden top that the cellar-keeper had made for them many season's ago. The sound it made in the hallway was strange, almost spectral. Smiling when the dibbuns noticed her she told them to go outside, because they could be disturbing the two creatures in the sickbay. The dibbuns complied by moving outside and continuing their game there. Abbess Birch then decided to go and check up on the two that were in the infirmary. When the abbess got there, she saw that they were still sleeping. Getting the parchment from the table, she decided to get herself ready for when Wyatt woke up, it was almost time to start teaching him some basic woodlander writing and speech.
When Wyatt awoke, he noticed that there was someone other than Darkslash in the room. Looking around, he saw the abbess next to his bed. Setting himself up on his good arm, he pointed to the parchment with the writing that Elm had done earlier. Pointing to the individual letters, he managed to ask the abbess a question. "Hello Abbess Birch. What are you doing here anyway?"
She smiled as she wrote down, "I am here to teach you your first language. We will start with a few basic words like 'hello' and stuff like that. So, if you are ready, we will begin the lesson."
I nodded my head and we began. After working a few of the speech works, I managed to say, 'helo.' After some more working, I managed to say 'hello'. She then wrote down that I have to say that a few more times before continuing. After I managed to say it a few more times, she decided it was time to try some letters. After writing down what she was going to do, we started saying the letters of the alphabet. Starting from the letter 'a' and working on up to 'z'. We managed to get through them all, then Birch wrote down that that was it for today's lesson. I nodded in agreement and pointed out the word 'goodbye'. After that, she left the room, closing the door quietly. As she walked down the hall, she could see Glen hovering nearby. Curious to see what she was up to, she walked towards Glen. When Glen saw her approaching, she hurriedly put her paws up close to her face and pretended to look at her claws. Abbess Birch stood in front of the otter skipper, paws to her sides as she asked Glen, "What are you doing up here, pray?"
Glen was still looking at her claws as she responded, "Nothing much. Just taking a stroll and seeing if I could check up on those two in the infirmary. Might as well get to know them while they're here.."
The abbess smiled knowingly, she knew what the big otter was really there for, but she couldn't let her get to the fox inside the infirmary. Taking the otter's big paw into hers, she led Glen away from the infirmary and it's two occupants inside, who were sleeping soundly.