I'm Not Gonna Sugarcoat It

Lyric was determined, she wasn’t going to stop until she found the animal in trouble, regardless of the dangers that were around them. Compared to the way she had acted since meeting Tiberius, this was probably the most like her genuine self that she’d been, and it was all instinctual. She slowed when she found the animal, clearly afraid. It didn’t look like a wild animal though, so she imagined it used to be someone’s pet before perhaps getting lost or left behind, whether that had been on purpose or unintentional, was impossible to tell. She turned her head slightly to Tiberius, not wanting to make any sudden movements.

It just needs to see it can trust me. She said with a wink, her staff lit up as she focused her powers, tapping into zomancer. Communicating with an animal wasn’t like communicating with a person, it was more about expressing feelings and images, but the dog seemed to understand she was only trying to help. The hair that had been standing up relaxed, and the dog stopped pulling away from the trap, which was only injuring it worse. Though it still looked generally suspicious of Lyric.

See easy peasy. Then she used some basic magic to help pry the trap open. The dog backed away a bit as it was freed, but didn’t go far, curious about those that had helped it. It looked mangey, it definitely needed a bath and probably some flea treatment, as well as a good home cooked meal, it looked far too skinny. At no point did Lyric ask Tiberius for help, she was in her element when it came to helping others, regardless of species.

I can heal its paw, but we can’t just leave it here. It would be inhumane in these conditions, he’s sure to end up in another trap, or up against wild wolves, or worse, blighted. She stated, as she went about healing the dog’s paw, between that and using her powers to calm the dog, it was really starting to trust Lyric, even wagging its tail a bit as the paw healed. The whole thing reminded her of the not so distant past when her partner Ronan helped her heal a messenger pigeon, thinking about her family made her miss home, but she was focused on helping the dog so the sadness didn’t show as clearly as it might have otherwise.