The ringing sound wasn't going away no matter how many times Opal put her fingers in her ears and twisted them around, it just seemed to persist no matter what she did.
Making a sour face she flicked the collection of ear wax on her index finger in Lyra's direction.
"Hey! Do you mind?"
"No? I wouldn't do it if I didn't mind."
"That's not how you're supposed to answer that!"
"I can answer how I like sheepy."
Lyra huffed then shook her head. "Look, this really isn't the time to get side tracked with this-"
Opal paused and glanced over at Lyra. She was pale faced and had a hand over her right upper arm where blood had run down onto her snow white arm fluff staining it red.
"-because I am actually injured you know."
"Rub some dirt on it, it'll be fine."
"I'm not- I'm not rubbing dirt
