Why ya fall in my trap?

Leon walks along the path, or least he hopes it’s a path as the snow has started to fall a bit harder and blowing around in the fierce wind, he steps carefully and about falls on a patch of ice, he coughs some and keeps his torn tunic around himself, he goes to step again and his eyes go wide as he falls, yes falls into some sort of hole and yelps in pain as he twists his ankle and slams his elbow into hard icy ground, a splash as he lands in slightly above ankle deep, very cold water and shivers.

Rafe is nearby getting his supplies, some willowbark, wild onions and greens, and fish. His ears perk at the sound of snapping trigs and the yelp and getting his staff he walks a little faster and closer to an unseen den, he glances down into the pit the mouse has fallen into, "Who goes that!"

Leon groans as he has not had the best past couple days, he coughs as he looks up and frowns.

Rafe can’t tell for sure what is in the hole or whom, he gets some rope and ties it to a tree and getting out a sharp dagger he carefully climbs down, seeing it’s a mouse he puts the dagger away and shakes his head, "What a mouse doing in me trap, stupid mouse!" He studies Leon and sighs, "Can't keep ya down here boy"

Leon groans as he is examined, he is about half conscious from the cold and mutters, yeah tell a bat to deliver the message he is fine, well that is no longer the truth, his vision starting to fade he mutters again.."Dorarose..s...sorry.." before losing the fight to stay awake and all goes dark for him.

Rafe listens, "Who the seasons is Dorarose..Hey!" He shakes Leon and frowns, "Great...I best get ya inside" He carefully gets a rope around Leon and gets them both up, he quickly fixes trigs and things over the pit, covering it in dust and some loose snow, the quickly falling snow will handle the rest as mouse in arms he gets to the den and inside, he starts a roaring fire on the fire pit and looks around, taking off any soaking wet clothing he then covers the mouse in a couple blankets and hangs the clothing to dry. He mixes together some herbs and gently tills Leon’s head back and slowly feeds him the mixture, rubbing his throat to help him swallow.

Leon coughs but manages to get maybe half of it down, he shivers and coughs roughly, he also has a fever now and still unconscious.

Leon slowly wakes after who knows how long and opens his eyes slowly trying to adjust to the light that’s in the room.

Rafe has been watching, smoking a pipe that smells of cherry wood, he walks over and crosses his arms over his chest as he looks down at the mouse on the extra bed, the hedgehog looks stern, “Ya have some nerve falling into me trap, had ta fix it proper after dragged ya in here."

Leon blinks slowly, "Tr..trap?" He has a bad coughing spell and shivers some again, he closes his eyes again and just listens.

Rafe answers, "Yes trap, fer vermin scum that get near me den, till was fer them not you, what were you doing roaming around the woods anyways, and in the snow too, which I will add fell a bit harder for a good hour, its slowed but a lot fell and blew around right good and the wind chill mighty cold"

Leon coughs, "I..I was getting back to the abbey, got a bit lost on the path, this wildcat had me and a bat helped me get away...bat was to tell someone at the abbey I was ok"

"Well you’re not ok now are you boy? And ya could of very well been dead if I hadn't uh come along when I did" The hedgehog seems moody as he puffs a bit on his pipe, "You have a fever and a touch of something called Pneumonia, luck have it it's not at the deadly stage, course been there for few hours would of been and that could of happen had I not happen to hear you and you just happen to fall at the same time I was coming up the path to my den"

Leon listens, "Den?...and traps for vermin?"

Rafe says, "Yes traps for vermin, hate them, and I think I seen that wildcat. See I set traps and vermin will fall in them or trip in them and get bad hurt, sometimes worse and I do check my traps about 3 times a day...morning, after lunch and right at nightfall..when found you, now had you been a rat you would of ended up with a slit throat, I DONT TAKE CHANCES with vermin, kill them before they kill you is my saying"

Leon frowns, "Not all, vermin, are evil and against woodlanders. Some get along or least respect us, like the village of Ferrvale, a lot thee respect the abbey, course sure some don't"

Rafe says, "No vermin can be a friend to a woodlander"

Leon says, "I have a fox that’s my friend and a cat I trust and a few others that are vermin species that I trust."

Rafe shakes his head, "Then you’re a fool or the fever is messing up your head" He walks to a table and opens a packet and drops the contends into a bowl of broth and gives it to Leon, "Drink"

Leon drinks but makes a face, “Gross..what is it?”

Rafe grins, “Taste bad, even smells bad probably but heals good.”

Leon nods and coughs as he looks around the den, he stays laid down on his homemade bedding.

Rafe shakes his head, annoyed slightly, “Ya need rest, don’t wanna get worse, oh and unfortunately your stuck here, or maybe unfortunate fer me, I hate guests to me den!”

Leon frowns again as he finishes the broth and lies back down, his head hurts and he is still very dizzy but at least he isn’t cold anymore.

Rafe speaks up, “Who be Dorarose by the way?, ya muttered her name on the way here and couple times in ya fevered sleep.”

Leon answers, “Mouse maid…me and her are to wed soon, I..I need to get back to Redwall, I need to get back to Dorarose, she will worry.”

Rafe snorts, “Ya go running off now and be more like crawling off fer you, you won’t gets very far and your most likely die in the snow, now abbey not too far off, bout 2 hour walk. But don’t look fer me to take ya, I will just tell you the way to go, up to you to listen.”

Leon sighs, “Fine, I will stay here but my friends need to know..Dorarose needs to know, Please.”

Rafe seems to not pay attention to what the mouse says and walks back over to a rocking chair and just starts puffing on his pipe.

Leon sighs and lets sleep over take him, he is too tried to argue with the hedgehog.