Devious Dilbert
Double the D, double the fun.
"Ah! Thanks!" Veri said to his friend, snapping his snout over Matties jacket and throwing it on the floor, using his paws to spread it out. He bunched together each herb requested by the stranger and threw them into the middle of the denim.
"Alright, let's go-" he said, immediately picking up his feet to continue his search.
Thousands of seconds later of searching and finding, following instructions... (Not getting into details so as to quickly progress the scene with the time skip likely imminent.)
"This is all I need. Perfect-" He sighed. He turned to Mattie.
"Thanks for coming with me," he said. His eyes reflected the dim light of the forest. "I know this has been a wild trip. I'll steal you a beer when all of this is over..."
It was his way of saying, "I'm struggling to balance you along with everything else, but I appreciate you staying by me while I'm all over the place," without saying it.
Veridius returned to the stranger with Mattie's jacket bundled in his mouth. The thing bursting at its seams.
He opened his mouth and dropped it to the man's- wolf's- side. His eyes then scanned the bloody white wolf, peering at the stranger's handiwork. His ears perked, clearly impressed. Then his ears lowered, still seeing blood.
He turned his gaze to the stranger, standing straightly. "What's the status, doc?"
(jk, quick post today instead)