(If she were not paying such close attention to him as she works to cleanse his skin of the mess he's made of it, she might have thought perhaps he had drifted off where he sits beside her.)
"Something else," he murmurs, voice faltering slightly as he speaks. "I am by nature a healer."
His stomach twists at the vision and sound of Akatan's neck snapping beneath his grasp, as it replays in his mind.
"And while I would gladly defend those I care for as I have tonight, it is...against my nature. I am left physically pained by wounds that will take longer to heal." Mental trauma, is what he isn't saying. "I fear tonight will be sleepless."
Not that he had INTENDED on sleeping, with Kreyu still recovering in the bed. His plan is to sit on the floor at her side, hand in hers.
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Date: 2024-04-05 03:55 am (UTC)(If she were not paying such close attention to him as she works to cleanse his skin of the mess he's made of it, she might have thought perhaps he had drifted off where he sits beside her.)
"Something else," he murmurs, voice faltering slightly as he speaks. "I am by nature a healer."
His stomach twists at the vision and sound of Akatan's neck snapping beneath his grasp, as it replays in his mind.
"And while I would gladly defend those I care for as I have tonight, it is...against my nature. I am left physically pained by wounds that will take longer to heal." Mental trauma, is what he isn't saying. "I fear tonight will be sleepless."
Not that he had INTENDED on sleeping, with Kreyu still recovering in the bed. His plan is to sit on the floor at her side, hand in hers.