[i]The dog, covered in mud and soaking wet let loose a flurry of barking and growling, watching the approaching figure. As she got closer, however, the shepherd seemed to calm down, recognizing that she did not move with malicious intent. The woman on the ground looked more rough, her blood mixing with the rain and the mud. She had to have been unconscious, and from a distance, it was hard to tell whether or not she was even alive.[/i]