sunderings: (until the dark days are over)
SION ASTAL. ([personal profile] sunderings) wrote in [community profile] repeter 2017-10-22 02:02 am (UTC)

Mn?

[ When Mattie happens upon Sion (now, for the second time!), she'll find that he's begun to delve into the washroom's cabinets, fishing for medical supplies: a pair of tweezers, a package of cotton-balls, a roll of first-aid tape, and a patch of gauze. These things, he lays atop the vanity counter, giving pause before he considers her sentiment: ]

If I were to be absent due to my injury, I'm quite certain that you could substitute on my behalf for the day.

[ Altogether, it would be a good exercise, he thinks—if one is able to present upon newly learned material, the more it is likely to be drawn upon again at a later time on another day. ]

But... since you've followed me here— [ Instead of settling in. ] —perhaps it's time that you learned how to patch someone up.

[ To his credit, he does his best not to (gracefully!) evade the weight of her eyes; her verdant stare. Logically, he knows he needn't shy away from her—already, she is well aware of his wound—but somehow yet...

He wants to hide away from her, his junior, the person he should never have had to rely upon. Not like this. ]


For all of the rough and tumble situations you've witnessed, it will be a good skill to have in the event of future occurrences. [ And besides... ]

You also have me, you know. Just in case.

[ That he is indebted to her now goes without saying. ]

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