But at this rate, and with everything hitting at once and needed to be done, she kept
it to herself.
That was, until he gave her a relieved hug. Without meaning to, when his hands and
arms had touched her back, she hissed in pain and stiffened, the pieces of bark and
wood cutting into her skin having in advertantly been pushed in by his hold.
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Nick immediately let go of her sensing that something was wrong. He raised up the back
of her shirt just a bit to check it out. "Oh man" he said, "we need to get you into
the house and get you fixed up bad."
"Looks like I'm going to be taking care of you now" he said trying to help her up
without hurting her.
