11-29-2013, 03:19 AM
"Thank you, Ms. Hunter. That will help." Silas nodded gratefully and offered the water bag to the teacher. "Here. Have a drink of water. Which way is your house?"
Silas bit his lip and looked around for someone to help. He knew how to deal with heat exhaustion-- and broken bones, cuts, scrapes, snakebites. Every ranch hand learned basic first aid skills as a matter of course, but he'd never expected to use them on a woman. Even if it hadn't been awkward, he wasn't certain the remedies he knew were appropriate for a delicate female.
Still, if there wasn't a doctor, he had to do the best he could. When Lydia took the canteen he fumbled with the knot that held the bandana around his neck. That accomplished he stood awkwardly, trying to figure out how to wet it while she was holding the canteen and he was holding her upright with one arm. "If... if we could wet this..."
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