HawkClan Medicine Den.

[justify][size=8]Looking up from where he worked, attention focusedly switching from the herb store to his patient, Capricornhorns' ebony-black ears perked as he heard Hospitalpaw calling for him. The calico apprentice's voice having drawn him from his musings, he found himself glancing over at her through vivid green eyes - he had been about to ask what was the matter, but his question caught in his throat as he discovered the answer for himself, eyes landing on the two terribly-injured figures of Dreampaw and Fawnkit.

Shooting up to his paws yet maintaining an otherwise calm-seeming expression, the Medicine Cat slipped back towards the herb store -- returning moments after with a significantly large wad of cobwebs, comfrey root, marigold, horsetail, raspberry leaves, poppy seeds, and a small chunk of honeycomb. He wasn't sure what had happened to leave Dreampaw in the state that she was currently in, but if she had been in or near an actual fire, than the honey would do well to help any inhalation of smoke.

As he approached the two patients and Hospitalpaw, the tom dropped before her the marigold, horsetail, raspberry leaves, and a little more than half of the cobwebs. "You take Fawnkit," he meowed, noting that a large wound would likely be easier for the apprentice to treat than burns - mainly considering that, due to the severity of both cats' wounds, she'd already be under stress, as it was. "The raspberry leaves will soothe the wound and ease the pain, as poppy seeds would, at the same time - so you needn't go find any poppy."

Turning to Dreampaw, he set out the herbs he had taken for himself before him; honey, comfrey root, poppy seeds, aloe, and a bit of cobweb.

Attention focusing on the badly burned she-apprentice, he set to work with the aloe - slicing open the spiked plant with a poised claw before aiming to slather the produced cream on Dreampaw's burns. Speaking as he worked, he meowed, "How did this happen?"

[justify][size=8]"Huh," Capricornhorns meowed absent-mindedly, curiosity drawing his attention to the she-cat's burns, rather than the herbs he had been working with prior.

Burned by invisibility...? That was a new one. He tried to remember if there had ever been something like that in the Clan or in any other that he'd heard about, but for the life of him, he was unable to do so. Hell, how was a Medicine Cat supposed to help them prevent it? Could they prevent it - or was the apprentice just doomed to getting aloe put on her pelt until the day she mastered her ability?

Sighing, the ebony tom bit his lip as he continued working, finishing up with the aloe and instead grabbed up a bit of comfrey root and cobweb. The honey would no longer be needed if she hadn't been in a fire and the poppy seeds would likely be unnecessary now, too, since the aloe and comfrey root would be enough to soothe Dreampaw's discomfort. Having chewed the root idly as he thought, the Medicine Cat went to press the poultice along the various more major burns that littered the apprentice's pelt; then covering the different spots with cobweb, once he was done.

It was only during times like this, when his every thought and action was focused on a patient and how to treat them, that the feline was able to find solace, lately. The disappearance of Copperwires and the death of Cloverleaf had hit Capricornhorns hard - hard enough that he was spending as much time in the Medicine Den as possible.

Abruptly drawn from his musings, he looked up at the familiar voice of Noirscape coming from nearby. Looking over at the black and white figure of his son, the Medicine Cat inclined his head towards the warrior briefly before meowing, "One moment."

Returning his emerald gaze to Dreampaw, he meowed, "All I can say is that you'll need to work on mastering your invisibility. I'd recommend finding a member of the Clan who shares the skill - they might be able to mentor you in regards to using it."

Sighing, having been able to reach no other alternative, he meowed firmly, "Until then, should you get burns or any other injuries like these, find me or Hospitalpaw. We'll be able to patch you up."

[justify][size=8]Invisibility. Invisibility. The tom raked his mind to try and remember any cat in the Clan with the ability, but he couldn't do so for the life of him.

"I'm afraid I can't name any at the moment," Capricornhorns meowed to Dreampaw, ears twitching. "I know there are cats in the Clan who have it, but I can't remember any names. I would try and ask a few of the Royals, perhaps? Even if they don't have it, they might know someone who does."

Turning his attention to Noirscape, the Medicine Cat was caught somewhat off-guard upon catching sight of the black and white tom's tail. He hadn't noticed it before and likely wouldn't have delayed checking his son if he had, but now that the bent appendage was in his sight, he was whisking to his paws and to the other tom's side. The damage was quickly assessed before he disappeared into the back of the Den towards the herb storage, returning moments later with a heap of rush, marigold, poppy seeds, and a bit more cobweb.

Chewing the marigold and plastering it along the bloody base of Noirscape's tail, he went to work at placing a thin layer of cobweb over this. After the marigold was held lightly into place, Capricornhorns applied a stiff piece of rush vertically along the tail -- wrapping the whole contraption in cobwebs as a finishing touch.

As he pulled back to examine the work he had done, he could feel his own heart sinking as he did so. The job appeared patchy -- the tail too damaged -- and the ebony-furred Medicine Cat couldn't help but harbor doubt in the healing of the tom's tail. Infection could be prevented, the stream of blood stopped -- all of this was doable -- but the tail seemed far too gone to help, regardless of the herbs already placed upon it.

Sighing, Capricornhorns pulled his glittering emerald gaze away from Noirscape's tail and focused it on his face, instead. [b]"How did this happen?"