Legolas was quick as soon as the teeth sank into her hand. He yanked the little beast away from her, setting it on the floor with little more thought than that, and tore a scrap of cloth from his shirt to wrap her hand.

"Perhaps we ought muzzle it until we have found food." He didn't care if the castle approved. Tauriel was already hurt and the thing had just hatched.

"I am no healer but this should hold."