The sudden smack to the head felt nothing short of rude to Jan, despite it definitely sating his panic (though, replaced it with frustration). He barely said anything, he barely had the time to express anything! How did Raymus know and what gave him the right to shut him up like that!? And worse-- even if he could sniff her out. How could he not feel frustrated with her?? Was he really as monstrous as he made others believe he was? Though he himself was upset with his partner quite much, tolerance taking a major drop when the other acted, it was true that as a dog, he could try and sniff her out. However… "Well sniff her out faster!!" The Sinese snapped, genuinely angry. "Do you even have any idea what can happen to a sick little girl like that here!? Anything could threaten her!" Jan barked, letting out some pent up aggression more than just scolding the other.
Honestly. If he could sniff her out, wouldn't it have made sense for him to be able to tell when she ran away?
--Stop. Breathe. In, then out. Letting out his anger on the wolf wouldn't bring him anywhere. It was enough on its own that Raymus happened to be uncaring, so at the very least, this was up to Jan. He took a quick moment to relax, readjusting himself as he followed the other Pegasus. "You keep sniffing." He said, before breaking off their trail and to the side; "But I can't just wait for you to finish. I'll be looking for Regina where you can't." Though he broke off to other directions, the water mage made sure to not stray too far away from the dog; keeping him in view at all times, as he quickly dashed from one end to the other, yelling out to find the girl.
And sure enough. It took several hours, but eventually… "Regina!!" ...He found her. Crying softly, weakened and sporting a bruised knee. Of course she'd get hurt… Rushing to pick her up, Jan reluctantly sacrificed some of his shirt's fabric to make out an improvised bandage, around her injury. At least it was just a flesh wound, but to a sickly noble like her it must have been shocking, at least mentally.
Ultimately, the young noblewoman didn't let go until they finally reached her room in the castle. She remained silent, making a surprised effort not to cry and to not chew the wizards' heads off with complaints. Once the maids realized what has happened, they broke into an outrage -- only to be stopped by the little girl herself.
"No! They're the nicest people I know! They gave me everything I wanted and you won't touch them!!" ...Even when standing up for the pair, she was a spoiled brat. But in this case, it worked out right in their favor! ...Surprisingly.
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