[ The bark is a little alarming, disconcerting, but not in the way that would bid her to follow the request. This woman wouldn't be the first she's treated on the battlefield who found greater solace in the silence and pain, nor will she be the last.

Honestly, Himeka can understand. Is it a shame of loss? Does she want to be free of the obligations that have been so unjustly bestowed up on her? She can't blame the woman for that. Not at all. ]

...I'm afraid I can't do that.

[ She has to wonder what happened to this woman for her to give up so? Or...was this not the result of a recent altercation? Mayhaps this would have been an escape. ]

Not yet.

[ It's a dangerous act given the strength she's helped return to those powerful legs, but Himeka does turn around, moving to sit a few feet away to give a bit of space, pointedly looking back towards the edge of the woods and bloodied path she followed. ]

But I can give you as long as you need to collect yourself, if you'd like. Then we can go together.