The sounds he hears don't make much sense, and he struggles to flip his ears like searching satellites and squint into the few smudges he can see. Did that dumbass listen to him after all? Hmph. Good.
Except then there's a scrambling nearby that make his ears flatten to his skull and his eyes go wide. Something was getting in. Was this why Li Lianhua had left with only a casual remark about agreeing with him? He only has one arm he's able to comfortably extend, and it's the one supporting him to keep weight off his broken ribs. In such a small space, he won't be able to maneuver well, even if he did manage to find another hole to scramble out of.
Cat's hackles raise until the sound of the familiar strained breathing makes it past the drumming of his heart, and Li Lianhua's own scolding falls on deaf ears as it's countered with, "You nearly scared the life out of me!" He doesn't know whether to be more relieved or cross with this man. "Can't you see I barely hung onto it as it is?"
All the grooming he'd managed couldn't exactly do away with every bit of mud caked to him when he'd tried to limit the range of movement this feline body usually allowed. Most of the blood that had smeared from his nose, lip, and various cuts had come off in flakes over time and swipes of his paw, but there were still rusty red-brown stains and pieces of fur glued into spikes in places as evidence. Resting his head down with a huff to save himself some strain, Cat goes back to squinting. What is he, exactly? Too big to be a cat, but too flexible to be a dog, especially with his health to consider. Is that a bushy tail?
...Of course. The coloration threw him off a little, but the answer should have been a given, when it comes to someone coming to his side in his time of need. "You're a fox?"
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Date: 2024-07-17 04:09 pm (UTC)Except then there's a scrambling nearby that make his ears flatten to his skull and his eyes go wide. Something was getting in. Was this why Li Lianhua had left with only a casual remark about agreeing with him? He only has one arm he's able to comfortably extend, and it's the one supporting him to keep weight off his broken ribs. In such a small space, he won't be able to maneuver well, even if he did manage to find another hole to scramble out of.
Cat's hackles raise until the sound of the familiar strained breathing makes it past the drumming of his heart, and Li Lianhua's own scolding falls on deaf ears as it's countered with, "You nearly scared the life out of me!" He doesn't know whether to be more relieved or cross with this man. "Can't you see I barely hung onto it as it is?"
All the grooming he'd managed couldn't exactly do away with every bit of mud caked to him when he'd tried to limit the range of movement this feline body usually allowed. Most of the blood that had smeared from his nose, lip, and various cuts had come off in flakes over time and swipes of his paw, but there were still rusty red-brown stains and pieces of fur glued into spikes in places as evidence. Resting his head down with a huff to save himself some strain, Cat goes back to squinting. What is he, exactly? Too big to be a cat, but too flexible to be a dog, especially with his health to consider. Is that a bushy tail?
...Of course. The coloration threw him off a little, but the answer should have been a given, when it comes to someone coming to his side in his time of need. "You're a fox?"