[ It's a good thing, then, that they peel their stare away to smile gratefully at Lorem - and then freeze when they see how concerned she is. Ah, again with the "people being injured in their stead" thing. ]
--Oh, you're hurt! [ And, natural worrywort that they are, they can't help but assume the worst. A gut wound? No, wait, it doesn't look like it's bleeding...
Still, Lion's alarm is palpable. They've had a similarly mundane-looking wound before, after all, and even if it didn't look like the same sort of attack - who knows? All of this is new to them, and they can't afford to miss anything. ]
I, ah, don't know much about treating injuries normally, but I could try to heal you. [ Wait, manners first. ] If that would help at all. It's still new to me, but surely it wouldn't hurt...?
[ Unvoiced is the worry that they'll both need their strength in case of more pressing disasters, ie. the mentioned aftermath. At least fussing over someone else seems to have knocked the poor kid out of their funk. ]
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--Oh, you're hurt! [ And, natural worrywort that they are, they can't help but assume the worst. A gut wound? No, wait, it doesn't look like it's bleeding...
Still, Lion's alarm is palpable. They've had a similarly mundane-looking wound before, after all, and even if it didn't look like the same sort of attack - who knows? All of this is new to them, and they can't afford to miss anything. ]
I, ah, don't know much about treating injuries normally, but I could try to heal you. [ Wait, manners first. ] If that would help at all. It's still new to me, but surely it wouldn't hurt...?
[ Unvoiced is the worry that they'll both need their strength in case of more pressing disasters, ie. the mentioned aftermath. At least fussing over someone else seems to have knocked the poor kid out of their funk. ]