Kat watched warily, Chipped and Scratch were standing just outside of what was her easy attack range. They could react if she tried anything, and she could react if they did the same. For now, she was willing to take the chance to just wait it out. Her wing was getting close to being completely healed and her new set of wounds from getting back on her feet were not as serious as she'd first thought.
Sure Chipped had gotten her back rather good but the muscles hadn't been completely shredded. Quite a few had gotten cut of course, but a good chunk of them had been pushed aside. There wasn't enough time for Chipped to… twist the knife as it were or ensure that the damage was deep enough to cause major issues.
I wonder if people would call this chapter dark? Sure the damage is pretty graphic and slightly horrific but I feel like I've established that this sort of thing isn't permanent or even potnetially deadly. Could it cause problems? Yes, as Kat pointed out it could cause the crystals to go off. But with death so cleanly off the table, how disturbing is it really? Hard to tell from my end.