[Boy does he ever want to insist that he doesn't need help. He's fine. He's tough; he's the person in charge of helping OTHER people, not the other way around. But on the other hand, shoving someone who looked like they were seconds away from having a meltdown? That's not exactly helping, is it?
So he gives a long sigh, kneeling down as he lets his breath out.]
"If you need to have a look, then okay. I promise it looks worse than it is."
[He's mostly right. Though that gash across his face is still oozing a little bit, at least he's not in any danger of bleeding out. And he's doing a pretty good job with ignoring the pain so far.
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[Boy does he ever want to insist that he doesn't need help. He's fine. He's tough; he's the person in charge of helping OTHER people, not the other way around. But on the other hand, shoving someone who looked like they were seconds away from having a meltdown? That's not exactly helping, is it?
So he gives a long sigh, kneeling down as he lets his breath out.]
"If you need to have a look, then okay. I promise it looks worse than it is."
[He's mostly right. Though that gash across his face is still oozing a little bit, at least he's not in any danger of bleeding out. And he's doing a pretty good job with ignoring the pain so far.
And ignoring the new ear; that's important too.]