>Shake our hand out and blow on it.
>You shake your hand and blow on it. Frankly, you think that only makes it sting worse. All things considered, it doesn't look in terrible shape, but the back of your hand is still distinctly singed. Dammit, this really wasn't one of your better ideas....
>Take a moment to assess the damage to us before we get back to our feet. And the humans, they were fighting Kazuha while we and Ishi were dancing with that lead tengu.
>You're... not feeling in great shape, frankly. You bear multiple shallow cuts across your body from the lead tengu's incessant wind blades, your hand is burned, there is a large discolored patch on your shirt surrounding the stab wound to your torso, and your knee and parts of your lower leg are slick with blood from the slash in your leg. You've been pushing these latter injuries in particular and they ache fiercely; your acrimonious reunion with the floor didn't help much, either. Your tail, at least, feels only slightly sore from the squashing and straining, and this is mostly lost among the other pains. For what little that's worth. In sum: it hurts to move, it hurts to not move, and you have a fundamental complaint with these being your only two options.
>Glancing at the others, they all seem to be faring somewhat better than yourself:
>Miyuki still shows no obvious wounds aside from her ankle, though that alone is nasty enough on a human and she's leaning heavily against a wall for support. Her face looks a little tensed; you wouldn't be at all surprised if this was stoicism in the face of pain.
>Chisato is a bit more roughed up, with a decent gash along her midsection and a couple other nicks and bruises, along with that strangely singed-looking hand. She looks more pissed off than pained, though, and her mobility seems unimpaired.
>Ishi looks completely fine, aside from having lost the top inch or two of her hair. Perhaps if she'd taken a comb to it this morning, she wouldn't have had this problem....
>"I'm not okay yet. Not until every one of them is off this ship."
>"Those birdbrains took over my engine room!" Ishi says irately, shaking her fist at the air.
>"How'd you even get up here?" Chisato asks, cocking her head quizzically. Then her expression sours. "And why the hell didn't we know about that net launcher? We couldda used that earlier, you know!"
>"Hey, I'd been meaning to get around to it..." the kappa protests.
>At this point, you hear the distinctive, if faint, sound of a wind cutter being fired above you.